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<p>The Government will respond to the Home Affairs Committee report in due course</p><p>Successive
Governments have introduced legislative and administrative controls on migrants’ access
to work, benefits and services to prevent immigration offending, including action
overseas, at the border and in-country, to detect and remove persons without permission
to enter or remain in the UK and to protect taxpayer funded services.</p><p>In recent
years we have introduced, extended and strengthened the set of “compliant environment”
measures; putting in place a range of entitlement controls, including denying or restricting
access and through taking systematic, automated action, and working with a range of
delivery partners on the consequences of not complying with our laws and rules.</p><p>The
compliant environment aims to: deter prospective immigration offenders; make it difficult
for those unlawfully in the UK to lead a settled life; incentivise voluntary departure;
and deter legal migrants from breaching conditions of their immigration leave. <br>We
have no plans to re-evaluate these measures; however, the Government gives careful
consideration to reports and recommendations produced by Parliament and the Independent
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on the operation of the immigration system
and remains committed to ensuring the accuracy of immigration data shared across Government
and with key delivery partners.</p>
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