Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK financial sanctions in disrupting revenue flows to entities supporting Iran’s nuclear and destabilising activities.

The UK's sanctions regime is a key tool in constraining Iran's ability to fund its nuclear programme and wider destabilising activities. The Government has stated that it is determined to prevent the Iranian regime from exploiting the global economy and abusing the UK financial system to advance its nuclear programme, and has continued to impose sanctions on individuals, entities and networks linked to Iran. Since taking office, the Government has imposed over 240 sanctions on Iran and continues to work with international partners to apply economic pressure, disrupt illicit finance flows and restrict revenue generation that supports hostile and destabilising activity. We have also announced further sanctions today.

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