Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the (a) individuals and (b) firms that (i) she, (ii) her special advisors and (iii) officials in her Department have (A) received correspondence from and (B) met since 10 February 2022 on specific or proposed designations under the Russia (Sanctions) Regulations 2022.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office regularly receives correspondence regarding designation proposals or specific designations under all sanctions regimes. The UK Government has already put in place the largest package of sanctions in our history in response to Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. We have sanctioned Putin and Lavrov, Russia's defence industry and a growing list of oligarchs. As the Foreign Secretary said in the House on 28 February, we are targeting oligarchs close to Putin without fear or favour, and we will continue to do so.

Lawyers providing legal services to Russian oligarchs and entities that have written to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in processed correspondence since 10 February 2022 include BCL Solicitors LLP on behalf of Alisher Usmanov. Representations were also received from Sberbank.