Question follow-through · 124452
Undocumented Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were found guilty of employing illegal workers, and how much were they fined in 2025.
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
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses were found guilty of employing illegal workers, and how much were they fined in 2025.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Apr 2026
Answer published
Information on illegal working civil penalty statistics has been published since 2016 as part of the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Transparency Data. This can be found at immigration-enforcement-data-oct-dec-2025 on tab CP02.This publication covers ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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