Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2021 to Question 903764 on Agri-food Industry: Labour Shortages, how many visas have been issued for (a) HGV food drivers, (b) poultry workers and (c) fuel tanker drivers.
With regards to fuel tanker drivers, I refer the Honourable Member to my response to the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale’s question of 26 October (63690).
Details of the numbers of temporary work visas granted for HGV drivers and poultry workers will be published in the usual way via the Home Office’s quarterly immigration statistics.