Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times have officials from the (a) Department for Transport, (b) HM Treasury and (c) the Department for International Trade have contacted his Department's (i) ministers and (ii) officials on waivers, exceptions and licences in relation to the UK's sanctions regime on (A) Russia and (B) Belarus.

All sanctions regimes contain a number of statutory exceptions and licensing powers to help to ensure that the effects of sanctions are proportionate and avoid unintended consequences. While the FCDO works closely with other departments across government on sanctions, under sanctions regulations, the FCDO has no formal role in the issue of licences by the UK Government for (A) Russia and (B) Belarus. The FCDO does not maintain a central record of contacts from other departments on those issues.