Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7745 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, if she will contact employers that utilised the concession to obtain data on the number of workers brought to work in UK waters between 2017 and 2023.
Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
The offshore wind workers immigration rules concession ended on 30 April 2023. There are no plans to collect this data.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 7 October 2024, how many seafarers were sponsored to work on ships (a) in UK waters, (b) on international routes from UK ports and (c) in the offshore wind industry.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
All those who came to the UK under the concession were stamped at the Border rather than through visa routes and therefore no data was collected.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to identify the number of non-UK national workers that were brought to work on the construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms within UK territorial waters under the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017 before it expired on 30 April 2023.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
All those who came to the UK under the concession were stamped at the Border rather than through visa routes and therefore no data was collected.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
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.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
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.
The number of visas issued by occupation and industry are published on Gov.uk Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seafarers working in UK waters have been issued with visas under the points-based immigration system since 1 January 2021.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
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.
The number of visas issued by occupation and industry are published on Gov.uk Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Frontier Worker permits have been issued to non-UK seafarers covered by the Citizens’ Rights Agreement since 20 December 2020.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Home Office does not collect data on the number of non-UK seafarers issued a Frontier Worker Permit.
Data relating to our quarterly migration statistics can be found at the following link: Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national workers have (a) applied and (b) been granted permission to work in UK territorial waters under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 from 12 April to 21 June 2023.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
These regulations do not provide anyone with permission to work in UK waters and all foreign nationals will need to apply for the appropriate permission to work under a points-based system immigration route before commencing work.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national workers have (a) applied and (b) been granted permission to work on vessels servicing the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 from 12 April to 21 June 2023.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
These regulations do not provide anyone with permission to work in UK waters and all foreign nationals will need to apply for the appropriate permission to work under a points-based system immigration route before commencing work.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle increases in antisocial behaviour in East Hull and (b) support local (i) authorities and (ii) communities in tackling it.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
On 27 March, the Government published its Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action Plan. The ASB Action Plan commits to tackling ASB across five key themes: stronger punishment, making communities safer, building local pride, prevention and early intervention, improving data, reporting and accountability for action.
This plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we will work with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales.
We are also providing up to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within 48 hours of the offence. This will start in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas and be rolled out nationally in 2024.
The plan includes up to £2m to supercharge use of High Street Rental Auctions which will allow local authorities to sell off the rental rights for empty properties to willing tenants, with financial support to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard.
We are providing up to £2.5 million to pilot High Street Accelerators in up to 10 areas which will incentivise and empower local people to work together to develop ambitious plans to tackle vacancy and reinvent their high streets so that they are fit for the future.
Humberside police force has recruited 365 additional uplift police officers against a total three-year allocation of 322 officers, as at 31 March 2023.
Humberside’s funding will be up to £231.7m in 2023/24, an increase of up to £7.9m when compared to 2022/23.
Asked by: Karl Turner (Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an assessment of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employment for UK resident (a) offshore workers and (b) seafarers working on (i) fixed and (ii) floating offshore wind turbines in (A) territorial sea and (B) the UK Exclusive Economic Zone to 2030.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 will be administered by the Home Office as part of its business as usual activities.
The introduction of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 was assessed prior to introduction as per all Government regulations. In line with standard practice, we will continue to review its implementation.