Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 116234

Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Russia

Tabled: 26 February 2026
Answered: 6 March 2026

Question

Mark Sewards

LabourLeeds South West and Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what additional resources his Department has allocated to domestic enforcement bodies to (a) investigate and (b) prosecute sanctions evasion involving dual-use technologies exported to Russia through H

Answer

Chris Bryant
The Government has invested in strengthening trade sanctions enforcement capacity. The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) was established in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in October 2024. Alongside specialist investigative capac...

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