Undocumented Migrants: Employment
(asked on 2nd September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people working in the UK illegally after their visa has expired.
This question was answered on 10th September 2025
The Home Office does not currently hold a reliable estimate of the number of individuals working in the UK following the expiry of their visas.
The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of individuals with no right to work in the UK.
The Department continues to review its data collection and enforcement strategies to improve oversight of visa compliance and reduce the risk of illegal working.