Undocumented Workers
Commons · Question 101419 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of the impact of digital ID on the number of undocumented workers in the grey economy.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 5 Jan 2026
Due to the hidden nature of illegal working, there is no reliable estimate on the scale of the issue.The Digital ID programme is part of a broader strategy to tackle illegal immigration. By making it harder for people without the right to work to gain emp...