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Undocumented Workers: Arrests

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2025UIN 76876

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the increase in illegal working arrests involved people who had originally entered the UK on work visas.

Answered by Alex Norris

The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of individuals with no right to work in the UK.

The specific information requested is not readily available from published statistics and could only be obtained for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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