Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 58819 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, when her Department plans to reach a decision on (a) renewing or (b) ending the concession before the expiry of the current concession on 1 July 2022; and when UK Visas and Immigration plan to consult employers on that matter.

The offshore wind farm worker concession was extended earlier this year on 2 July until 1 July 2022, to allow foreign nationals to work in the construction and maintenance of offshore wind projects in UK territorial waters.

The government is committed to promoting job opportunities for local labour and always encourages employers to look to the domestic workforce first.

We regularly review all concessions and will be considering the future of this concession and its place in the wider immigration system. We will confirm our intentions in due course.