Delivery Services: Undocumented Workers
Commons · Question 72357 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of workers residing in the country without legal permission or valid immigration status employed by food delivery companies.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 8 Sep 2025
The Home Office does not hold an estimate of the number of people working illegally in the gig economy. The recent joint work between the Office for National Statistics and the Home Office explains the complexities: Measuring illegal migration: our curren...