Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of illegal working under Section 34 of the Immigration Act 2016 since the introduction of that offence.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number convictions between 2017 and 2021, for the offence of illegal working in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021.
Information on the number of people convicted prior to 2017 can be found in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool, however, there are no convictions for illegal working in this period.