Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to confiscate the assets of people found to be working illegally.

We work to prevent individuals from making financial gains as a result of their criminal activities and will seek to seize such assets where possible; to this end, section 24 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (which came into force on 1 July 2010) gives immigration officers the specific power to seize cash from offenders, bringing them into line with police officers in this respect.