Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seafarers have been granted leave to enter the UK to join vessels working in UK territorial waters under the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 to date.

The Home Office does not hold readily available data on the number of overseas nationals working in the offshore industry in the UK from 2017 to date.

The Government is committed to making the UK a global leader in green energy and supporting the offshore windfarm sector is a key part of this commitment.

The information about the concession is published online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017(opens in a new tab).