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.
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.
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.
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.