Written Question·Home Office·UIN 82117

Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing a hostile environment policy for people without a legal immigration status in relation to access to public services.

Answer

Alex Norris

In-country controls, introduced over many decades, regulate a migrant's access to public services and deny access to those in the UK with no lawful status. These policies and checks form part of the UK's domestic compliance and enforcement arrangements, a...

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