| Heading: |
Asylum: Undocumented Workers |
| Question ID: |
1816653 |
| UIN: |
62736 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5072 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Andrew Snowden
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| Asking Member handle: |
A_J_Snowden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@A_J_Snowden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of illegally working while awaiting an asylum claim have on the outcome of that claim. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
491 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Angela Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
angelaeagle
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@angelaeagle
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Correcting Member handle: |
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| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
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| Answer text: |
Illegal working is a criminal offence, and it is important for asylum seekers to adhere to the rules on the right to work in the UK. Evidence of illegal working will routinely be taken into account when assessing an asylum seeker's claim. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |