Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, if she will take steps, before the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 ends on 30 April 2023, to assess the availability of UK workers to carry out this work.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals working under the concession in the offshore industry in the UK from 2017 to date.
We do not collect information on employers using the concession. The Government has no plans to publish information on individual companies who use the immigration system which is consistent with the policy across the wider system.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers. The information about the concession is published at Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017: October 2022 update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) on gov.uk for employers to access if they wish to.
As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, how many persons were granted entry to work in the UK under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 as a result of providing a valid seaman’s book.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals working under the concession in the offshore industry in the UK from 2017 to date.
We do not collect information on employers using the concession. The Government has no plans to publish information on individual companies who use the immigration system which is consistent with the policy across the wider system.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers. The information about the concession is published at Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017: October 2022 update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) on gov.uk for employers to access if they wish to.
As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106455 on Wind Power: Labour Market, how many visa nationals received entry clearance under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 in each year of its operation.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals working under the concession in the offshore industry in the UK from 2017 to date.
We do not collect information on employers using the concession. The Government has no plans to publish information on individual companies who use the immigration system which is consistent with the policy across the wider system.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers. The information about the concession is published at Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017: October 2022 update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) on gov.uk for employers to access if they wish to.
As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether any representations were received from employers on an extension of the concession (a) between 1 July 2021 and 31 October 2022 and (b) since 31 October 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.
The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether her Department had made an assessment of levels of labour before granting the extension.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.
The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether the wide range of stakeholders includes (a) other Government departments and (b) employers in the industries where the concessions have an effect.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.
The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102999 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether she makes regular assessments with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of concessions from the immigration rules on the domestic labour market.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.
The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, which stakeholders her Department consulted prior to the introduction of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments.
The Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.
The immigration system aims to allow employers to access the skilled labour that they need to grow the UK economy whilst also ensuring that we maintain control over who comes to the UK to work.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer on 7 December 2022 to Question 98938, (a) what labour market information or (b) other representations their decision was based upon.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point it will not be extended.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 98938 on 7 December 2022, what labour market information was available to her Department on the sector.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
As previously set out, the Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point it will not be extended.