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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration Advice Authority’s press release entitled Public urged to check immigration advisers are regulated, published on 11 May 2026, how many investigations into unregulated immigration advisers were undertaken by the Immigration Advice Authority in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration Advice Authority’s press release entitled Public urged to check immigration advisers are regulated, published on 11 May 2026, how many investigations into unregulated immigration advisers were undertaken by the Immigration Advice Authority in each of...
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (IAA 1999) specifies that immigration advice and services can only be provided by qualified persons, meaning those registered by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) or those who are members of the legal profession (the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board (or Scottish and Northern Ireland equivalents), or the Institute of Legal Executives).
The Government takes the unlawful provision of immigration advice and services seriously. However, not all who have been provided with unregulated immigration advice report it to the Home Office or to regulators. Advice seekers who have received bad service from an IAA-registered adviser or who have received immigration advice from unregulated persons are encouraged to complain to the IAA.
In 2023 the Home Office’s Professional Enabler’s Disruptions (PED) team was set up to ensure the integrity of the immigration system by disrupting the activity of members of the legal profession, immigration advisers, doctors, accountants, employers and officials who use their expertise or position to facilitate irregular migrants in abusing the immigration system.
Under Section 91 of the IAA 1999, it is a criminal offence to provide unlawful immigration advice and services and is punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment and/or a fine. The recent Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (BSAIA 2025) has also strengthened the regulatory framework further, including by creating a new Section 17 offence of advertising unlawful immigration advice and services online, and by introducing powers for the Immigration Services Commissioner to issue fines and penalties to unregistered advisers providing advice unlawfully.
New powers within the BSAIA 2025 will enable the IAA to act more quickly and directly using civil sanctions, including fines of up to £15,000, and introduces mechanisms for compensation and repayment.
The new powers will also:
- Compel information and cooperation from current and former advisers
- Issue penalties for non-compliance with investigations
- Investigate misconduct after individuals have left the sector
- Suspend registrations immediately in cases of suspected serious misconduct
- Prevent banned individuals from operating under another adviser’s supervision
In addition, acquiring powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act will enable profits from illegal immigration advice to be seized.
The IAA’s new enforcement regime is dual-purpose, using criminal law for serious offences and IAA civil powers for faster action against those providing unregulated advice outside of the regulatory scheme.
Additionally, Home Office Immigration Enforcement is committed to tackling those who abuse immigration law to facilitate immigration crime in the UK. Immigration Enforcement utilise a vast toolkit to target unscrupulous employers and professional enablers who facilitate abuse and illegal working in the UK.
Many criminal investigations relate to employers, agencies or third parties who facilitate illegal working in the UK, be that through criminal activity relating to helping illegal migrants to work illegally, such as providing counterfeit identity documents or enabling their entry into the UK, or criminality relating to the establishment of fraudulent businesses.
Professional enablers abuse the immigration system and exploit the vulnerable, sometimes acting as unlicensed and unregulated immigration advisers. Immigration Enforcement has strengthened existing relationships with specialists in the NCA, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the IAA to form a strong network of multi-agency investigators who can develop intelligence, investigate and prosecute offenders.
The provision of unregulated immigration advice is a covert activity, so the number of individuals who have received such advice is not formally recorded. The data requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost.
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (Dan Jarvis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Today the Government is launching a consultation document relating to the granting of Accredited Financial Investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to an additional three agencies, increasing our...
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (Dan Jarvis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Today the Government is launching a consultation document relating to the granting of Accredited Financial Investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to an additional three agencies, increasing our...
Today the Government is launching a consultation document relating to the granting of Accredited Financial Investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to an additional three agencies, increasing our capacity to pursue asset recovery and further combat serious and organised crime.
The following public bodies have sought...
Today the Government is launching a consultation document relating to the granting of Accredited Financial Investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to an additional three agencies, increasing our capacity to pursue asset recovery and further combat serious and organised crime.
The following public bodies have sought...
Changes to bodies granted investigatory and other powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Government consultation. 21p.
Changes to bodies granted investigatory and other powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Government consultation. 21p.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question.
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open the debate on this important Bill and to welcome the interest shown by so many noble Lords in seeking to speak. This is a key Bill for the Government and for the United Kingdom as a whole. I will set out why...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open the debate on this important Bill and to welcome the interest shown by so many noble Lords in seeking to speak. This is a key Bill for the Government and for the United Kingdom as a whole. I will set out why...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for opening this debate today. It promises to be both an interesting and informative debate. I look forward to the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Harper, who I had the pleasure of working with at the Department for Transport and who I...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for opening this debate today. It promises to be both an interesting and informative debate. I look forward to the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Harper, who I had the pleasure of working with at the Department for Transport and who I...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this slightly uneven Bill. It is a Bill that is both heavy and light at the same time: it is heavy on the supply side, taking strong measures to deal with the smugglers and gangs, but it is light on actions to...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this slightly uneven Bill. It is a Bill that is both heavy and light at the same time: it is heavy on the supply side, taking strong measures to deal with the smugglers and gangs, but it is light on actions to...
If I were to set our annual borders Bill debates to music, I would pick Stravinsky. It has become a rite of spring, with clashing discords from the Conservative Front Bench and ritual incantations that there can be a sacrifice of international law because we are a dualist system.
We had...
If I were to set our annual borders Bill debates to music, I would pick Stravinsky. It has become a rite of spring, with clashing discords from the Conservative Front Bench and ritual incantations that there can be a sacrifice of international law because we are a dualist system.
We had...
My Lords, I really enjoyed that speech. I was thinking more of the “1812 Overture” than the “Rite of Spring”, given how many borders and immigration Bills I have been through here and in the House of Commons. I congratulate my noble friend the Minister. I thank him for his...
My Lords, I really enjoyed that speech. I was thinking more of the “1812 Overture” than the “Rite of Spring”, given how many borders and immigration Bills I have been through here and in the House of Commons. I congratulate my noble friend the Minister. I thank him for his...
My Lords, it is my great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who is a person on those Benches I have the most respect for when he speaks about these subjects, which he does without cant and with a great deal of knowledge and credibility.
It is important to...
My Lords, it is my great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who is a person on those Benches I have the most respect for when he speaks about these subjects, which he does without cant and with a great deal of knowledge and credibility.
It is important to...
The time is up.
The time is up.
The noble Baroness is right. I shall sit down.
7.05 pm
The noble Baroness is right. I shall sit down.
7.05 pm
My Lords, the diocese in which I serve covers one of the most diverse parts of the country. Indeed, arguably, south London is one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world. This diversity is often represented in our churches, which have benefited, as has the rest of the...
My Lords, the diocese in which I serve covers one of the most diverse parts of the country. Indeed, arguably, south London is one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world. This diversity is often represented in our churches, which have benefited, as has the rest of the...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the very open way in which he has approached this whole subject, not just today but in weeks and months gone by. I also express my gratitude to the many NGOs and charitable organisations which have provided us with really superb briefing—almost too...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the very open way in which he has approached this whole subject, not just today but in weeks and months gone by. I also express my gratitude to the many NGOs and charitable organisations which have provided us with really superb briefing—almost too...
It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and I, too, have visited Calais and I totally agree that no one would live there if they had a choice. Those people are clearly desperate, and one can perhaps understand why they are taking desperate routes. I...
It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, and I, too, have visited Calais and I totally agree that no one would live there if they had a choice. Those people are clearly desperate, and one can perhaps understand why they are taking desperate routes. I...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. She started off her speech so well with her kind remarks about a speech that I had not yet given. Having listened to the rest of her speech, I fear that this is one subject on which she...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. She started off her speech so well with her kind remarks about a speech that I had not yet given. Having listened to the rest of her speech, I fear that this is one subject on which she...
I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Harper on a very deft, excellent and accomplished maiden speech. It is a pleasure and a privilege to follow him. My noble friend was introduced to this House as recently as 13 May, so in speaking so soon he has helped to prove...
I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Harper on a very deft, excellent and accomplished maiden speech. It is a pleasure and a privilege to follow him. My noble friend was introduced to this House as recently as 13 May, so in speaking so soon he has helped to prove...
My Lords, from this side, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Harper. Whether or not he always agrees with the indefatigable noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, I hope that he will find this House capable of always disagreeing well.
It is not so much a declaration of...
My Lords, from this side, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Harper. Whether or not he always agrees with the indefatigable noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, I hope that he will find this House capable of always disagreeing well.
It is not so much a declaration of...