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UIN 101419

Undocumented Workers

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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18 December 2025

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5 January 2026 · Answer

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5 January 2026

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of the impact of digital ID on the number of undocumented workers in the grey economy.

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  1. 18 December 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of the impact of digital ID on the number of undocumented workers in the grey economy.

    Source: Commons

  2. 5 January 2026

    Answer

    Due to the hidden nature of illegal working, there is no reliable estimate on the scale of the issue.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 emp...

    Source: Written answer

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