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Written Question
Renewable Energy Zones and Shipping: Migrant Workers
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the guidance on Chapter 17, Section 4: Continental Shelf Workers of the Immigration Rules published 12 April 2023 applies to (a) seafarers and (b) employment in Renewable Energy Zones.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The continental shelf workers immigration rules concession is for workers employed on offshore installations that are outside UK waters. The concession allows workers to exceptionally live in the United Kingdom during their shore leave. Foreign national workers do not need permission to work outside UK waters.

The number of visas issued by occupation and industry are published on Gov.uk Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk).


Written Question
Shipping: Migrant Workers
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seafarers working in UK waters have been issued with visas under the points-based immigration system since 1 January 2021.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The continental shelf workers immigration rules concession is for workers employed on offshore installations that are outside UK waters. The concession allows workers to exceptionally live in the United Kingdom during their shore leave. Foreign national workers do not need permission to work outside UK waters.

The number of visas issued by occupation and industry are published on Gov.uk Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk).


Written Question
Frontier Workers: Work Permits
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Frontier Worker permits have been issued to non-UK seafarers covered by the Citizens’ Rights Agreement since 20 December 2020.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The Home Office does not collect data on the number of non-UK seafarers issued a Frontier Worker Permit.

Data relating to our quarterly migration statistics can be found at the following link: Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)


Written Question
Migrant Workers: Territorial Waters
Monday 26th June 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national workers have (a) applied and (b) been granted permission to work in UK territorial waters under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 from 12 April to 21 June 2023.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

These regulations do not provide anyone with permission to work in UK waters and all foreign nationals will need to apply for the appropriate permission to work under a points-based system immigration route before commencing work.


Written Question
Migrant Workers: Wind Power
Monday 26th June 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national workers have (a) applied and (b) been granted permission to work on vessels servicing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 from 12 April to 21 June 2023.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

These regulations do not provide anyone with permission to work in UK waters and all foreign nationals will need to apply for the appropriate permission to work under a points-based system immigration route before commencing work.


Written Question
Anti-social Behaviour: Kingston upon Hull East
Thursday 25th May 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle increases in antisocial behaviour in East Hull and (b) support local (i) authorities and (ii) communities in tackling it.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 27 March, the Government published its Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action Plan. The ASB Action Plan commits to tackling ASB across five key themes: stronger punishment, making communities safer, building local pride, prevention and early intervention, improving data, reporting and accountability for action.

This plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we will work with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales.

We are also providing up to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within 48 hours of the offence. This will start in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas and be rolled out nationally in 2024.

The plan includes up to £2m to supercharge use of High Street Rental Auctions which will allow local authorities to sell off the rental rights for empty properties to willing tenants, with financial support to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard.

We are providing up to £2.5 million to pilot High Street Accelerators in up to 10 areas which will incentivise and empower local people to work together to develop ambitious plans to tackle vacancy and reinvent their high streets so that they are fit for the future.

Humberside police force has recruited 365 additional uplift police officers against a total three-year allocation of 322 officers, as at 31 March 2023.

Humberside’s funding will be up to £231.7m in 2023/24, an increase of up to £7.9m when compared to 2022/23.


Written Question
Offshore Industry: Employment
Friday 21st April 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an assessment of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employment for UK resident (a) offshore workers and (b) seafarers working on (i) fixed and (ii) floating offshore wind turbines in (A) territorial sea and (B) the UK Exclusive Economic Zone to 2030.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.

The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.


Written Question
Offshore Industry: Employment
Friday 21st April 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employers in the offshore wind industry that have used the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.

The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.


Written Question
Offshore Industry: Employment
Friday 21st April 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many officials in her department will be needed to administer the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.

The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.


Written Question
Wind Power: Migrant Workers
Thursday 2nd February 2023

Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 120952 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when this concession was last reviewed; how many officials were involved in that review; and if she will list the stakeholders her officials have consulted over this concession since it was introduced.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Officials from policy and operational teams across the Home Office were involved in the review of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession. The Department does not record the number of staff working on individual pieces of work at any one time.

Home Office officials regularly meet various stakeholders to discuss a wide range of matters relating to immigration, including external stakeholders and other government departments, such the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade, DEFRA, and the Department for Transport.