Written Question·Treasury·UIN 81541
Migrant Workers: Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department undertakes checks on whether holders of work visas are paying (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonHMRC have interpreted ‘checks’ in this instance as ‘compliance checks’ on taxpayers with tax and National Insurance owed in the UK. HMRC takes a risk-based approach to compliance and focuses its resources where tax is most at risk of not being paid. This ...
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