Question follow-through · 51166

Freezing of Assets: Libya

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value inclusive of accrued interest is of assets frozen by the UK that belonged to the Libyan Qaddafi regime.

answeredClaire HannaTreasury

About this written question

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value inclusive of accrued interest is of assets frozen by the UK that belonged to the Libyan Qaddafi regime.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2023-2024 Annual Review that £13.4 billion in assets relating to the Libya sanctions regime have been reported as frozen as of September 2023. This is an aggreg...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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