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1473243

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Border Force on the potential implications of extending the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 from 2 July 2022 to 31 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	24576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>We regularly review all policies and concessions, engaging with Home Office operational commands and stakeholders during this process.</p><p>On 22 June 2022 we announced the ‘Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017’ will be extended for a final time, ending in line with the implementation of Section 43 and Schedule 6 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022. Leave to enter under the terms of the concession will not be granted beyond 31 October 2022.</p><p>We expect employers to use the period between July and October to recruit labour from the resident workforce, or should they wish to continue employing overseas labour, to obtain a Home Office sponsor licence and secure the necessary permission to work for all their foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2022 10:55:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1471101

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are currently being processed by HM Passport Office; and how many passport applications are taking longer than 10 week estimated processing time.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	19610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:27:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1415758

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93748 on Immigration Controls: Shipping, what the status is of deckhands in the (a) fishing and (b) merchant navy with respect to the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	110334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), recommended that this occupation, and others, be added to the list of eligible occupations for Skilled Worker visas and to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) following their review in 2020. However, the Government was of the view that wide scale changes to the SOL relating to medium skilled occupations - which only recently became eligible for Skilled Worker visas at that time – should not be made until the Government could assess how the UK labour market developed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore accepted only the first part of the MAC’s recommendation - to recognise deckhands on large (9m+) fishing vessels as meeting the skills threshold for the Skilled Worker route, where they have 3 years’ relevant experience. Although this job was not included on the SOL, it become eligible for Skilled Worker visas where a sponsoring employer is offering a salary of at least £25,600, in line with other non-shortage occupations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor how the UK labour market is developing and also agreed to the MAC’s recommendation for a more regular pattern of reviews for the SOL, with one expected to take place later this year.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/01/2022 17:12:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1388125

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in Standard Industrial Classifications (a) 50100-50400 and (b) 52220 have used the visa system to import labour to the UK in each year since 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	93747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not use Standard Industrial Classifications and therefore cannot provide the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/01/2022 10:45:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1388131

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the publication of 1 December 2021, Points-based immigration system: delivering on people’s priorities, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the points based system on skilled jobs (a) at sea and (b) on land in the maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	93748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>Acting upon advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the Government broadened the skills threshold of the Skilled Worker route and introduced a lower salary threshold which – as modelling by the MAC suggests – strikes a reasonable balance between access to labour and controlling immigration.</p><p>Eligible offshore occupations under the Skilled Worker route include engineers, engine room attendants; ferryman; merchant seaman and seaman. Firms can hire overseas workers to fill these roles provided salary and English language requirements are met.</p><p>Furthermore, recognising the important role Deckhands play in the sector, the Government accepted the MAC’s recommendation to add the occupation (for vessels over 9m and for individuals to have at least 3 year’s experience in using their skills) to the Shortage Occupation List.</p><p>Importantly, the Skilled Worker route offers a flexible approach, by having no minimum length of required stay under the visa; workers can leave and re-enter the UK without interrupting the validity of their visa.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/01/2022 10:42:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1388137

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: 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 discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport on the points-based immigration system and seafarer employment.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	93749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>I frequently engage with colleagues across Government, including those in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for Transport on a wide range of issues, including the operation of the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 93750 question first answered 05/01/2022 10:41:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1388142

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues in the (a) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Department for Transport on the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage for seafarers of all nationalities working (i) in UK territorial waters and (ii) on the UK Continental Shelf since 1 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	93750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>I frequently engage with colleagues across Government, including those in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for Transport on a wide range of issues, including the operation of the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 93749 question first answered 05/01/2022 10:41:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1379570

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, when her Department plans to reach a decision on (a) renewing or (b) ending the concession before the expiry of the current concession on 1 July 2022; and when UK Visas and Immigration plan to consult employers on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	76668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The offshore wind farm worker concession was extended earlier this year on 2 July until 1 July 2022, to allow foreign nationals to work in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects in UK territorial waters.</p><p>The government is committed to promoting job opportunities for local labour and always encourages employers to look to the domestic workforce first.</p><p>We regularly review all concessions and will be considering the future of this concession and its place in the wider immigration system. We will confirm our intentions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/11/2021 17:29:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1378587

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, how many visas have been issued to foreign nationals arriving for work in UK territorial waters under the terms of the concession as of 15 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	74958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not publish the number of seafarers who have been granted leave to enter the UK <strong>to join vessels working in UK territorial waters</strong> under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession.</p><p>To capture numbers would require a manual trawl of data and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/11/2021 14:35:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1378588

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Home Office, what steps her Department is taking to assess whether firms involved in the construction or maintenance of wind farms within territorial waters have measures in place to regularise the position of their workers, in line with the terms of the concession; and what criteria UK Visas and Immigration use as part of that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	74959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect or store the data on the number of overseas nationals working in the offshore industry in the UK from 2017 to date.</p><p>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 wider immigration system.</p><p>The Home Office is unable to report on the cost or staff hours spent in relation to the concession. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against many Home Office units and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>The information about the concession is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Foffshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017%2Foffshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017-july-2021-update&amp;data=04%7C01%7CHonor.Horsfall%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ceab66d478d094c2bf27d08d997aee987%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637707599754151830%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7ZNh6%2BWGE2SOwA8%2BG2Rqusnd0EJ8qsi3fQ6oN7tYOjA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017: July 2021 update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 74960 74961 74962 question first answered 18/11/2021 14:57:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner