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1079612

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the future EU workers visa scheme will allow farmers to employ seasonal workers on part-year contracts for consecutive years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL14154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>We have published an ambitious White Paper, setting out proposals for our future skills-based immigration system, including a new Temporary Worker route, open to all skill levels, to ensure UK businesses and employers have the staff they need, including seasonal workers.</p><p>Following a cooling off period, previous holders of a temporary short-term work visa will be eligible to apply for another temporary work visa to come to the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/03/2019 16:50:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1469198

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent seasonal agricultural workers being charged recruitment fees; and how many UK recruitment firms have lost their licence for charging such fees illegally.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>A key objective of the Seasonal Workers Scheme is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses, including the charging of recruitment fees. The safety and wellbeing of workers is considered paramount.</p><p>The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) assess overseas labour providers when they apply for a licence to be a part of the Seasonal Workers Scheme. Charging recruitment fees would be a breach of the licensing standards. Any labour provider found to be in breach of the licensing standards is not provided with a licence or would have their licence revoked. To date, no licence holder part of the Seasonal Workers Scheme has been found to be in breach of the standards related to recruitment fees.</p><p>The GLAA is undertaking work in partnership to prevent exploitation of workers. For example, the GLAA and seasonal worker pilot operators are jointly developing an informative video, specifically addressing issues related to recruitment fees. The video is due to be launched in the coming weeks. The GLAA is also developing specific guidance aimed for overseas businesses will also be published shortly. Finally, the GLAA is working with UK embassies to engage more closely with in-country government agencies and ensure local laws and regulations are always met.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/07/2022 15:24:56 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1655133

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many seasonal agricultural workers there have been in 2023 so far through the seasonal agricultural workers scheme; and from which countries those workers originated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mann
	uin	HL9701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Seasonal Worker visas by nationality in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C683281e45b934212498108db8dc4f3e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638259649256589311%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=w7nVRpdorp2IdYYTqvoRyZkaFL2CeBIYCa5EHqzLAxI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the outcomes of Seasonal Worker visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fmanaged-migration-datasets%23entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C683281e45b934212498108db8dc4f3e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638259649256589311%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O5scVWHhS%2FWurUAvcOdieWaFbY0uTTeMrSy0UNrMDRQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">detailed entry clearance visas dataset</a>. Selecting ‘Seasonal Worker (previously Tier 5)’ from the visa type subgroup filter will output data on Seasonal Worker visas. Nationality and time frames can also be filtered. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of March 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023 Q1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Work</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72,842</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70,154</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77,562</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110,675</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123,068</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111,708</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142,320</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Investor, business development and talent</p></td><td><p>1,421</p></td><td><p>1,959</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>2,284</p></td><td><p>2,323</p></td><td><p>2,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other work visas and exemptions</p></td><td><p>8,216</p></td><td><p>8,465</p></td><td><p>6,367</p></td><td><p>5,011</p></td><td><p>10,340</p></td><td><p>7,428</p></td><td><p>6,188</p></td><td><p>5,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Worker</p></td><td><p>18,024</p></td><td><p>15,258</p></td><td><p>13,051</p></td><td><p>13,837</p></td><td><p>30,380</p></td><td><p>17,893</p></td><td><p>10,548</p></td><td><p>17,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worker</p></td><td><p>28,267</p></td><td><p>47,160</p></td><td><p>49,237</p></td><td><p>57,150</p></td><td><p>68,802</p></td><td><p>95,463</p></td><td><p>92,649</p></td><td><p>116,668</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is important to note that the Seasonal Worker visa includes mostly horticultural workers, but also includes a small number of poultry workers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C683281e45b934212498108db8dc4f3e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638259649256589311%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=71n7sAe6XM%2FuWdU2rBz2Ws9a5Z6d5MjXciuAOcqNWvc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 31/07/2023 12:34:14 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1722342

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Migration Advisory Committee Review of the Seasonal Worker Visa, published in July, whether they intend to commit to the long-term continuation of the Seasonal Worker Scheme; and what consideration they have given to providing notice of five years or more of any withdrawal from that scheme to allow adjustments to be made by the agricultural and retail sectors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rose of Monewden
	uin	HL182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Seasonal Worker route and will announce a detailed response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL183 question first answered 01/08/2024 13:47:00 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	4326 label Biography information for Lord Rose of Monewden

1722343

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue the Seasonal Worker Visa Scheme as part of a national food security strategy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rose of Monewden
	uin	HL183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Seasonal Worker route and will announce a detailed response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL182 question first answered 01/08/2024 13:47:00 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	4326 label Biography information for Lord Rose of Monewden

862905

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 28 June 2017 (HL Deb, col 429), when the Migration Advisory Committee will report on the long-term needs of those parts of the agriculture sector that rely on seasonal agricultural workers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>On 27 July 2017, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy. It has been asked to report by September 2018 and I understand that the MAC hope to publish an interim report in the near future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/03/2018 15:26:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

969346

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recently announced scheme to make 2,500 agricultural visas available to non-EU workers will be sufficient to solve the labour shortage in the sector; and what is their long-term strategy to deal with that issue.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL10176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The seasonal workers pilot is not designed to meet the full labour needs of the horticultural sector. Rather we are seeking to evaluate the immigration system’s ability to assist in alleviating labour shortages during peak production periods. The pilot will inform our long-term thinking in this area.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/09/2018 11:14:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

971225

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide visas for seasonal agricultural workers and to ensure that there will be a sufficient number of such workers to meet harvest need.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL10222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Prelate to the Written Ministerial Statement (HLWS911) my Rt. hon friend the Home Secretary made on 6 September 2018. A copy of which is attached for your reference.</p><p>The pilot will mean fruit and vegetable farmers are able to employ migrant workers for seasonal work for up to six months. 2,500 workers from outside the EU will be able to come to the UK each year, alleviating labour shortages during peak production periods.</p><p>The Seasonal Workers pilot will be run by two scheme operators, who will oversee the placement of the workers. The arrangements for selecting these will be announced in due course.The pilot will run until the end of December 2020 and will be monitored closely by the Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/09/2018 15:17:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HLWS5911.pdf title HLWS911 (Written Ministerial Statement)
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1079611

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether consideration will be given to extending the pilot replacement Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAWs) Scheme to allow previous licensed SAWs operators to recruit sufficient skilled seasonal manual workers for the coming growing season.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL14153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Seasonal Workers Pilot is different to the previous Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, which ran until 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot will be run by two operators who will act as third party providers of labour. The Home Office have concluded that two scheme operators is the optimal number for managing this pilot. Defra ran a competitive selection process to select the two operators.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is not designed to meet the full labour needs of the horticultural sector. Rather, the Government is seeking to evaluate the pilot’s ability to assist in alleviating labour shortages during peak production periods. We wish to assess fully this pilot before taking any decisions on future arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/03/2019 12:10:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1136765

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the assistance that seasonal farm workers from the Ukraine could provide in meeting the UK’s agricultural requirements; and what barriers, if any, there are to their entry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL16915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a new immigration pilot scheme for 2019 and 2020 enabling up to 2,500 non-European Economic Area migrant workers, including seasonal workers from Ukraine, to come to the UK to undertake seasonal employment in the edible horticultural sector.</p><p> </p><p>This pilot will test the effectiveness of our immigration system at alleviating seasonal labour shortages during peak production periods, whilst reducing immigration to sustainable levels and continuing to welcome those who make an invaluable contribution.</p><p> </p><p>This pilot is not designed to meet the full labour needs of the horticultural sector. Rather we are seeking to evaluate the immigration pilot’s ability to assist in alleviating labour shortages during peak production periods.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the Home Office will work closely to monitor the pilot, and review its performance against the stated objectives. This pilot will help inform our understanding of how such immigration routes perform in a modern global context, and support the design of our new immigration system laid out in the recent White Paper. Defra is working to improve the official evidence based on temporary worker supply and demand, through a new quarterly survey of growers, the results of which we will consider carefully. We are also working closely with industry to understand trends in labour demand and supply.</p><p> </p><p>Immigration issues are reserved and remain the policy responsibility of the Home Office. After we leave the EU, we must ensure that we have an immigration system that works in the best interest of the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is working closely with the Home Office to ensure that there is a long term strategy for agricultural labour as part of the future immigration strategy. The Home Office has launched a 12-month engagement programme with sectors across the UK to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the development of the future skills based immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>As such, there are no plans to expand this pilot at this time. We wish to fully assess this pilot and the results will help to inform the design of the new immigration system from January 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/07/2019 14:24:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten