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Undocumented Workers: Fines

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 March 2025UIN 34700

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the illegal working civil penalties to employers found to be hiring illegal migrants.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The civil penalties were recently raised in February 2024 to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach from £15,000, and up to £60,000 for repeat breaches from £20,000.

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