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...