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
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
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, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 in meeting skills shortages in the offshore wind industry.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
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, if she will make an estimate of the number of foreign nationals that joined vessels in UK ports working on offshore wind farm projects in UK territorial waters in each year from 2017 to 2022.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 24576 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, whether non-EEA resident offshore workers will be required to obtain a Home Office sponsor licence in order to work on offshore wind projects in (a) UK territorial waters and (b) the UK Exclusive Economic Zone after 31 October 2022.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 24576, on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, how many (a) workers and (b) employers have made use of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 since its introduction.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The information is not held in the requested format.
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 29 June 2022 to Question 24576, on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, whether she is taking steps to help ensure employers are recruiting offshore wind workers from the resident labour market before the expiration of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 on 31 October 2022.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The information is not held in the requested format.
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 Regulated Qualification Framework levels are required for occupations subject to the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The information is not held in the requested format.