Written Question·Treasury·UIN 92501
Bashar al-Assad: Freezing of Assets
Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Question
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) properties and (b) other assets belonging to family members of Bashar al-Assad have been (i) seized and (ii) frozen under UK Government sanctions since March 2011.
Answer
Lucy RigbyThe Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2024-2025 Annual Review that £383 million in assets relating to the Syrian sanctions regime have been reported as frozen as of September 2024. This is an aggregated total of all entities and individuals listed on the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets. OFSI does not hold a comparable figure for 2011.