Written Question·Treasury·UIN 103125

Freezing of Assets: Libya

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish information on the taxable status of, and taxes collected from, Libya’s frozen assets.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
We do not have this specific information. The UK’s tax system is not able to target specific tax rates at specific pots of money. The UK tends to apply tax to classes of transactions, rather than assets in situ. Under all UK sanctions regimes, including t...

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