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1352993

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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, with reference to the updated guidance on Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 published on 2 July 2021, which operational offshore wind projects are in scope of that concession.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	43492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The concession allows the employment of foreign nationals who are joining vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects in UK territorial waters.</p><p>The information about the concession is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017-july-2021-update" target="_blank">Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017: July 2021 update - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Home Office regularly reviews its policies and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p>I frequently engage with colleagues across Government, including those in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on a wide range of issues, including the operation of the immigration system.</p><p>Additionally, the Government has no plans to publish information on individual companies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 43493 43494 43495 43496 question first answered 09/09/2021 14:29:40 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

1275759

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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, with reference to her Department’s December 2020 update to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017, if she will list the companies in the offshore wind farm sector that have taken steps to regularise the position of their workers since that concession was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	136504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to publish information on which companies are regularising the stay of their workers.</p><p>The information about the concession is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/01/2021 14:41:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1275398

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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, with reference to her Department’s December 2020 update to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017, how many non-EEA workers to date have been given leave to enter the UK under the terms of that concession.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	135915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect and store this data.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/01/2021 17:46:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1677082

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy Zones and Shipping: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the guidance on Chapter 17, Section 4: Continental Shelf Workers of the Immigration Rules published 12 April 2023 applies to (a) seafarers and (b) employment in Renewable Energy Zones.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	6176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The continental shelf workers immigration rules concession is for workers employed on offshore installations that are outside UK waters. The concession allows workers to exceptionally live in the United Kingdom during their shore leave. Foreign national workers do not need permission to work outside UK waters.</p><p>The number of visas issued by occupation and industry are published on Gov.uk Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 6175 question first answered 14/12/2023 13:22:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1519659

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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, whether her officials have had discussions with the Migration Advisory Committee on the effect of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 on the Shortage Occupation List (a) since the concession was first introduced and (b) to date.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	59621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 59620 59622 59623 59624 question first answered 13/10/2022 09:13:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

946872

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to provide additional resources to support border operations at UK airports during the summer period.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	167248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is taking a number of steps to ensure passengers are dealt with quickly, including through investment in technology and maximising available staff at the busiest times of the day.</p><p>Border Force is committed to providing an excellent service. During the first quarter of 2018, over 95% of passengers seeking entry to the UK at Heathrow were dealt with within the service level agreements.</p><p>We have also increased resources that are available to the busiest ports. For example, Border Force is putting in 200 additional staff to help process passengers at Heathrow this summer. They will remain at Heathrow throughout the busiest summer-period to help ensure Border Force delivers an excellent service while continuing to protect the security of the border.</p><p>The experience for British and other EEA nationals is further enhanced where those passengers travel using biometric passports as they can use our ePassport gates.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/09/2018 17:51:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1519660

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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, whether Regulated Qualification Framework levels are required for occupations subject to the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	59622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 59620 59621 59623 59624 question first answered 13/10/2022 09:13:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

847828

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 185 on Seafarers' Identity Documents.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	129504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK has always been supportive of the Convention but in line with a number of other States preferred alignment with the International Civil Aviation Organizations Standards for Travel Documents (ICAO 9303) as this provided for a more secure document.</p><p>The UK was a key State in pushing through the amendments that were formally adopted in 2016 that finally aligned the Convention with ICAO 9303. There are a number of technical and practical issues that the UK is currently resolving to allow the UK to produce documents to the required standard. It is expected that if these can be suitably addressed than the UK will be in a position to pursue formal ratification.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/03/2018 13:00:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

943026

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK Border Force budget was in (a) 2012 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	164995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force Budget can be found in the main estimates for 2012-13 and 2018-19. Refer to links below:<br>FY2018/19 – Page 75<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701024/main_estimates_2018-19_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701024/main_estimates_2018-19_print.pdf</a></p><p>FY2012/13 – Page 230<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205092/Main_parliamentary_supply_estimates_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205092/Main_parliamentary_supply_estimates_2012-13.pdf </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2018 11:11:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner