Illegal Immigrants

Home Department written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Keith Vaz Keith Vaz Chair, Home Affairs Committee, Chair, Home Affairs Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal workers were (a) identified, (b) arrested, (c) charged and (d) deported as a result of enforcement raids on restaurants in each year since 2008.

Photo of Mark Harper Mark Harper The Minister for Immigration

The Home Office carries out enforcement visits to a variety of premises for the purpose of tackling illegal working. Data concerning the number of individuals found in the course of such enforcement visits is given in the following table in respect of premises identified as restaurants. The table shows the number of individuals encountered and arrested in the course of such visits. The table also shows the number of these individuals who are recorded as having subsequently left the UK.

For immigration purposes the number of individuals who have been charged is synonymous with the number of individuals arrested since the service of papers for immigration offences normally takes place during the course of an individual's arrest.

  Number of individuals encountered Number of individuals arrested Individuals subsequently removed
2008 6,637 2,079 662
2009 5,462 1,701 540
2010 7,112 2,051 733
2011 6,953 2,051 881
2012 6,907 2,351 932
(Q1) 2013 2,180 651 225
Note: All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.

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