Undocumented Workers: Convictions
(asked on 20th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of illegal working since that offence was introduced under the 2016 Immigration Act.
This question was answered on 23rd March 2023
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions between 2017 and 2021 in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021.
Information on the number of people convicted prior to 2017 can be found in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool, however, there are no convictions for illegal working in this period.