Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: Employment

Commons · Question 74092 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people working in the UK illegally after their visa has expired.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 10 Sep 2025

The Home Office does not currently hold a reliable estimate of the number of individuals working in the UK following the expiry of their visas.The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of in...