Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Care Quality Commission shares information on the (a) personal data and (b) immigration status of workers with Immigration Enforcement following inspections of (i) care homes and (ii) providers.

Following the inspection of care homes and/or providers, the Care Quality Commission may make a referral to Immigration Enforcement via the ‘Report Immigration Crime’ tool on gov.uk. This referral may include personal data which could relate to immigration offenders.