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 19 December 2022 to Question 109530 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, on what information she based the decision to extend the agreement on Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2023; and if she will set out with whom that agreement was made.
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 wind farm industry in the UK from 2017 to date.
All concessions are temporary and are only put in place in exceptional circumstances. 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: 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 19 December 2022 to Question 109533 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, if it is her Department’s policy not to collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals granted permission to work in UK waters under concessions to immigration rules.
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 wind farm industry in the UK from 2017 to date.
All concessions are temporary and are only put in place in exceptional circumstances. 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: 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 the number of seafarers imported to work on offshore wind farms in UK territorial waters through the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017.
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.
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.
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport, and external stakeholders on matters relating to immigration. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Immigration regularly meet various stakeholders and their counterparts across government in formal and informal meetings to discuss a wide range of issues.
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 her Department has taken to consult seafarer stakeholders as part of the evaluation of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 since that concession came into force.
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.
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.
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport, and external stakeholders on matters relating to immigration. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Immigration regularly meet various stakeholders and their counterparts across government in formal and informal meetings to discuss a wide range of issues.
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 to question 902177 on 14 November 2022 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when the decision to extend the concession was communicated to employers; and which employer organisations were contacted as part of the evaluation process.
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.
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.
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport, and external stakeholders on matters relating to immigration. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Immigration regularly meet various stakeholders and their counterparts across government in formal and informal meetings to discuss a wide range of issues.
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 14 November 2022 to Question 902177 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when it was agreed to extend the concession; and what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials had with employers before the extension agreement.
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.
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.
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport, and external stakeholders on matters relating to immigration. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Immigration regularly meet various stakeholders and their counterparts across government in formal and informal meetings to discuss a wide range of issues.
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 14 November to Question 902177 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, what consideration was given to domestic (a) employment and (b) skills as part of the evaluation process.
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.
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.
The Home Office regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Transport, and external stakeholders on matters relating to immigration. The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Immigration regularly meet various stakeholders and their counterparts across government in formal and informal meetings to discuss a wide range of issues.
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the extension of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Government regularly reviews all Immigration Rules concessions to evaluate whether they are still needed for the good of the United Kingdom, its businesses and its people.
Prior to its extension on 1 November, it was agreed that it was in the UK’s best interests to extend the Offshore wind workers concession.
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 (a) monitoring and (b) consultative mechanisms her Department has used advise on extensions to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
All foreign national workers coming to work in UK territorial waters need permission to work before starting work in the UK, unless they are covered by an exemption.
The Home Office does not collect or store the 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 which is consistent with the policy across the wider immigration system.
The Government regularly reviews the existence of concessions 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: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers have used the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 between its introduction in 2017 and October 2022.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
All foreign national workers coming to work in UK territorial waters need permission to work before starting work in the UK, unless they are covered by an exemption.
The Home Office does not collect or store the 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 which is consistent with the policy across the wider immigration system.
The Government regularly reviews the existence of concessions 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.