Migrant Workers: Domestic Service

(asked on 13th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect migrant domestic workers who entered the UK on the Overseas Domestic Worker visa; and what support her Department is providing to those migrant domestic workers who have not taken part in a Government-provided information sessions on their rights during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 18th May 2020

The Government is committed to the safeguarding of migrant domestic workers entering the UK, which is why all domestic workers are provided with information explaining their rights and how to access help should they need it. Further help and information is also available online at www.gov.uk/domestic-workers-in-a-private-household-visa/your-employment-rights.

The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak and these provisions are being reviewed regularly. We will review the existing arrangements prior to 31 May and will publish information on Gov.uk prior to this date. www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-immigration-and-borders

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