Question follow-through · 16906
Hospitality Industry: 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 the food and drink sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 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 the food and drink sector.
3 Dec 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...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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