Question follow-through · 16121

Car Washes: Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people working illegally in car washes.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 26 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 28 Nov 2024
Answer: 4 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people working illegally in car washes.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
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, including the sectors highlighted by the Rt Hon Gentleman. Since this government came to office, Imm...

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