Question follow-through · 70906
Remote Working: North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the extent of unwitting employment by UK firms of hoax remote workers who have concealed the fact that they are North Korean.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the extent of unwitting employment by UK firms of hoax remote workers who have concealed the fact that they are North Korean.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
On Thursday 12th September 2024, The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published an advisory notice on North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers. OFSI assessed that it is almost certain that UK firms are currently being targeted N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Deportation: Parents
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of people subject to Deportation Orders who had children in each of the last 10 years.
Deportation: Parents
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children whose parents were deported in each of the last 10 years are British citizens.
Deportation: Parents
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who remained in the UK without a deported parent were taken into care in each of the last ten years.
Judges: Harassment and Intimidation
12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support do the police provide to judges if they experience (a) intimidation and (b) harassment (i) online and (I) in person.
Judges: Harassment and Intimidation
12 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how judges are protected if they experience (a) intimidation and (b) harassment.
Vehicle Number Plates: Theft
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle number plate theft.
Vehicle Number Plates: Theft
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) on combatting the theft of number plates.
Vehicle Number Plates: Theft
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) on tackling the theft of number plates.
Vehicle Number Plates: Theft
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Thames Valley Police on tackling number plate thefts in Oxford East.
Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers
21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Border Forces provides guidance on (a) working rights and (b) avoiding exploitation to people arriving on work visas at UK ports.
Migrant Workers: Care Workers
21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of sponsors of social care visas whose activities have been flagged by (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies as (i) potentially and (ii) actually exploita
Slavery: Criminal Investigation
21 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial capacity of regional organised crime units to investigate modern slavery.