Written Question·Home Office·UIN 101419

Undocumented Workers

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Rachael Maskell

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.

Answer

Mike Tapp

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...

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