Skip to main content

Written question asked by Jim McMahon (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Monday, 24 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Undocumented Workers: Enforcement

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working enforcement visits have been undertaken in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Oldham in each year since 2015.

Answer

To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.

Our published data on illegal working visits is available as follows: Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (January 2019 – March 2024) and Illegal working and enforcement activity to the end of September 2025 - GOV.UK (October 2023 – September 2025).

Data prior to 2019 is not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92137
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Enforcement Undocumented workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk