Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 36050

Unexplained Wealth Orders

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Liam Byrne

LabourBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an estimate of the number of unexplained wealth orders that have been (a) requested by and (b) granted to the Serious Fraud Office for each year from 2020 to 2024.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The SFO has made one application for an unexplained wealth order (UWO) since 2020. This UWO application was accepted by the court on 17 January 2025 and related to the recovery of property suspected to have been purchased with the proceeds of a £100 milli...

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