Tobias Ellwood corrected a written answer on Iran: Sanctions

18 March 2016 · Commons written answer · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Martyn Day (Scottish National Party, Linlithgow and East Falkirk) asked written question 23560 on 21 January 2016. Mr Tobias Ellwood answered on 29 January 2016 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Tobias Ellwood corrected the answer on 18 March 2016. The figure £525 million in the original became £657,830,000 in the correction. Altogether 3 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding from UK sources is estimated to become available to Iran following the signing of the nuclear deal and sanctions relief.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
We expect that approximately ~~£525 million~~ of Iranian assets in the UK have been unfrozen following Implementation Day of the nuclear deal on 16 January, when the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had taken all the necessary steps to trigger the lifting of nuclear-related financial and economic sanctions against Iran.	We expect that approximately £657,830,000 of Iranian assets in the UK have been unfrozen following Implementation Day of the nuclear deal on 16 January, when the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had taken all the necessary steps to trigger the lifting of nuclear-related financial and economic sanctions against Iran.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

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