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Undocumented Workers

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 14 April 2025UIN 43654

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have been granted permission to work in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each year since 2020.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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