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1453996

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the immigration status of those seafarers working on UK-international routes who are paid below the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146677 146678 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453998

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of seafarers working on UK-international routes who have entered the UK in the most recent period for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146676 146678 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453999

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the entitlement of foreign seafarers to work on UK-international routes that have no visa eligibility to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that all migrants coming to work in UK territorial waters (i.e., 12 nautical miles), or on the UK landmass, need permission to work unless exemptions apply. Conversely, if they are working outside of UK territorial waters then permission to work is not required.</p><p>Seafarers who earn a living by working on a ship such as seamen or crew members do not need permission to work if they are in transit (under contract) to join a ship or are in transit as part of a crew, subject to entry requirements. Entry requirements may include a transit visa or an International Labour Organisation compliant seafarer identity document.</p><p>A seafarer who can be regarded as “ordinarily working” in the UK is entitled to receive the UK national minimum wage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/minimum-wage-seafarers-and-other-people-working-at-sea" target="_blank">Minimum wage: seafarers and other people working at sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>We do not collect the data on seafarers entering the UK without a work visa. This cohort should be entering the UK for short periods of time and leaving by air or ship.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 146676 146677 question first answered 01/04/2022 11:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453737

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the seafarers exemption for the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>We will be taking action to defend the rights of British workers and we will be encouraging workers themselves to take action under the 1996 Employment Rights Act. Colleagues at BEIS will be able to offer further insight on the legal action to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145933 145934 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:10:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453740

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a condition of licence to operate out of UK ports that vessels pay the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to the welfare and protection of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>Already we have strengthened the minimum wage to apply to all seafarers ordinarily working in our territorial waters - regardless of their nationality and regardless of where the vessel they are working is registered.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 30 March 2022 the Transport Secretary announced a nine-point plan to Parliament to ensure there is no repeat of P&amp;O ferries actions.</p><p> </p><p>1. Changing the law so that seafarers are paid at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>2. Writing to ports to request they bar access to ferry operators which do not pay the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>3. Working with international partners to create minimum wage corridors.</p><p> </p><p>4. Stepping up enforcement by asking HMRC to investigate the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>5. Requiring the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to step up and review their enforcement policies.</p><p> </p><p>6. Financially penalising companies which use fire and rehire.</p><p> </p><p>7. Taking action against P&amp;O Ferries’ Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p>8. Improving the long-term working conditions of seafarers.</p><p> </p><p>9. Encouraging more ships to operate under the British flag, affording the workers on board more rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 01/04/2022 10:31:28 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453741

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers HMRC has to enforce the National Minimum Wage on vessels operating out of UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 enables HMRC to enforce NMW across all business sectors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Act provides HMRC officers with a number of powers to enforce the NMW, including: the power to inspect records; enforcing payment of arrears of NMW by issuing a Notice of Underpayment; charging penalties of up to 200% of the arrears; and for the most serious cases (involving obstruction, falsifying of documents or wilful failure to pay workers the NMW) referring cases for prosecution to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 October 2020, following a change in the law, seafarers and other maritime persons who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/04/2022 13:24:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453743

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the review of Government contracts with P&O Ferries and DP World.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has instructed a total examination of any contracts in place with P&amp;O Ferries and DP World across Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145938 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:35:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453744

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value of contracts with Government held by DP World as of 23 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has instructed a total examination of any contracts in place with P&amp;O Ferries and DP World across Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145937 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:35:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453745

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether P&O Ferries notified the competent authority of its intention to make 800 employees redundant.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>There are clear requirements around both consultation and notification when making collective redundancies. The vessels in question are under the flags of Cyprus, Bermuda and Bahamas, so notification should have been given to them. However, the period in which such notice should be given (45 days’ notice where 100 or more redundancies) still applies so if these authorities were only notified on 17 March, that suggests P&amp;O have failed to comply.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively working with other Governments to establish the facts on this and will assess next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Executive of P&amp;O Ferries has admitted that he broke the law by choosing not to consult staff.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 01/04/2022 10:37:29 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453746

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he was informed that the (a) Kent Resilience Forum or (b) Cabinet Office were being convened to manage disruption as a result of dismissals of employees by P&O Ferries.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>The Transport Secretary was standing at the Despatch Box on Thursday 17 March when he was passed a note about redundancies taking place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 145942 145943 question first answered 01/04/2022 10:40:33 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh