Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 98935 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether her Department had received representations from employers seeking to extend the concession before making a decision to grant that extension.

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 Home Office is not responsible for evaluating the labour market or governing how private companies recruit their workers.