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.
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
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
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 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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