Written Question·Home Office·UIN 34700
Undocumented Workers: Fines
Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the illegal working civil penalties to employers found to be hiring illegal migrants.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe civil penalties were recently raised in February 2024 to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach from £15,000, and up to £60,000 for repeat breaches from £20,000.