Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address account-renting and substitution on delivery platforms as a route to illegal working.

Clamping down on illegal working, including through the abuse of app-based delivery platforms, is a critical part of this Government's work to restore order and control within the immigration and asylum system.

The ability of self-employed individuals to provide a substitute can be a lawful feature of these working arrangements. However, this is distinct from account-renting or sharing, which can facilitate illegal working.

On 1 October, the Right to Work Scheme and associated sanctions for non-compliance, were extended to businesses operating flexible worker models, including delivery platforms, placing legal responsibilities on them to prevent illegal working.

The Home Office continues to work closely with the major food delivery platforms to strengthen controls against illegal working, including through identity verification measures and data sharing to support operational enforcement activity.