Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use by the construction industry of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme card as a means of verifying that a construction worker has the right to work in the UK.

Guidance is provided for all employers, including construction companies, on how to check documents to prevent illegal working in the UK. This may be found at www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties. In
certain specified circumstances, where a person has an outstanding immigration application or appeal, an employer may also verify the work entitlement through the Home Office Employer Checking Service.

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme card is not a permitted document because it does not in of itself demonstrate a right to work, nor is it a secure document. Our intention is to move to a position where non European
Economic Area migrants can only demonstrate their right to work by presenting a secure Biometric Residence Permit issued by the Home Office.