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Undocumented Workers: Employees' Contributions

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101991

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants found to have been working illegally since 2020 have been making National Insurance payments.

Answered by Alex Norris

The Home Office does not hold the data you have requested.The Home Office takes the issue of illegal working seriously and continues to take robust enforcement action against those who breach immigration laws.

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