Wind Power: Migrant Workers
(asked on 24th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the offshore wind workers concession.
This question was answered on 29th November 2023
The government is fully supportive of businesses involved in delivering the UK’s net zero ambitions. The wind farm sector has many roles which meet the requirements of the UK’s main economic migration route, the Skilled Worker route.
The offshore wind farm worker immigration rules concession ended on 30 April. There are no plans to reinstate the concession given the industry has a visa route available to them to use if they are unable fill vacancies from the domestic workforce.