Written questions

Undocumented Workers: Arrests

Commons · Question 76876 · Tabled 12 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the increase in illegal working arrests involved people who had originally entered the UK on work visas.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 17 Sep 2025

The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of individuals with no right to work in the UK.The specific information requested is not readily available from published statistics and could only ...