Fast Food: Delivery Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with major food delivery companies on steps to tackle the employment of illegal workers.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office is determined to clamp down on illegal working, including in the gig economy. It is already a criminal offence to work illegally in the UK, and a person’s permission to stay can also be cancelled.
The Home Office and the Department for Business and Trade continue to work closely with the main food delivery platforms to ensure they understand their responsibilities in using riders who have the right to work in the UK. Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat have already introduced – or have confirmed they will soon introduce – right to work checks on registered substitutes to prevent illegal drivers working for their companies.
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