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The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.<\/del><\/p>

The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.<\/del><\/p>

In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.<\/del><\/p>

The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour\u2019s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.<\/del><\/p>

The Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to people with Seasonal Worker visas as to how to register with a GP. Orientation information is a matter for their licenced scheme operator.<\/ins><\/p>

The Home Office holds no records on the numbers of Seasonal Workers who have registered with a GP, as this is not an immigration related metric.<\/ins><\/p>

In the event that a scheme operator for the Seasonal Worker route became unlicensed for any reason, the Home Office will consider each case on its own merits and tailor our response accordingly.<\/ins><\/p>

The Home Office does not hold data on the average number of weeks of work provided to workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Since 12 April 2023, Seasonal Workers must receive a minimum of 32 hour\u2019s pay for each week of their stay in the UK, regardless of whether work is available.<\/ins><\/p>

The Home Office does not hold data on how many workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa scheme were injured at work during (a) 2022 and (b) 2023. Seasonal Workers enjoy the same workplace protections as resident workers, and as such workplace safety is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive. <\/ins><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Corby"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Pursglove"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689487/answer/previousversion/18398", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Corby"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Pursglove"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-21T16:07:10.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-21T17:01:37.877Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Horticulture: Seasonal Workers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has taken steps with Cabinet colleagues to issue guidance to people with horticultural seasonal worker visas on how to register with a GP; and what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of people with horticultural seasonal worker visas who registered with a GP in 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4831", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Byrne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Liverpool, West Derby"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Byrne"} ], "uin" : "14386"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1600503", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1600503/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

On 31st<\/sup> August 2022, 373,000<\/del> 259,000<\/ins> people in Great Britain were receiving the Support Group award of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) without receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). 373,000<\/ins> 259,000<\/del> people were receiving the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity Element (LCWRA) of Universal Credit (UC) without receiving PIP or DLA. The below table shows the figures for the end of the four most recent quarters.<\/p>

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<\/p><\/td>

Month end<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Nov-21<\/p><\/td>

Feb-22<\/p><\/td>

May-22<\/p><\/td>

Aug-22<\/p><\/td>

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People receiving ESA/UC without PIP/DLA<\/p><\/td>

ESA Support Group<\/p><\/td>

292,000<\/p><\/td>

281,000<\/p><\/td>

270,000<\/p><\/td>

259,000<\/p><\/td>

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UC LCWRA<\/p><\/td>

307,000<\/p><\/td>

327,000<\/p><\/td>

350,000<\/p><\/td>

373,000<\/p><\/td>

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Sources: <\/strong>Benefit Combinations, Universal Credit Full Service, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.<\/p>

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Notes:<\/strong><\/p>