Undocumented Workers
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visits were made to premises where illegal working was suspected to be taking place and (b) arrests were made at those premises by immigration enforcement teams in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20, (iii) 2020-21, (iv) 2021-22, (v) 2022-23, (vi) 2023-24 and (viii) 2024-25.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
The information requested is not currently available.
Information relating to the number of illegal working visits is available in the Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK.
Financial year | Volume of illegal working visits |
|
2019/20 | 6236 | |
2020/21 | 567 | |
2021/22 | 2069 | |
2022/23 | 4237 | |
2023/24 | 6720 | |
Information relating to the volume of arrests for these periods is not currently available.
Information relating to illegal working enforcement activity in 2024/25 will be published on Gov.uk in due course.
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