Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the expansion of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme for Labour Market Enforcement's resourcing and work plans.

The Government currently has no plans to further expand the Seasonal Worker immigration route.

The Government has made no estimate of the number of seasonal workers working in Scotland by labour provider as of 1 August 2022, nor do we plan to make an estimate of the number of farms in Scotland with workers employed on the seasonal worker visa scheme; and the number of farms in Scotland with each labour provider. The UK operates a national immigration system and does not gather such information by devolved region.