Question follow-through · 95553

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of digital ID on the number of illegal immigrants already residing in the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
8 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made on the potential impact of digital ID on the number of illegal immigrants already residing in the UK.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Digital ID programme is part of a broader strategy to tackle illegal immigration. By making it harder for people without the right to work to gain employment, the government plans to reduce incentives for unlawful entry. The digital ID will build on...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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