Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 16332

Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 8 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has made an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people who are potentially in the UK illegally.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The Home Office publishes a statistical release with an overview of people who come to the UK irregularly. It includes those arriving on a small boat across the English Channel, along with some other groups arriving without prior lawful permission. The Of...
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