Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 30 September (HL10502), what assessment they have made of the risk of people who receive a seasonal worker visa overstaying, and what steps they are taking to prevent overstaying on those visas.

The Seasonal Worker route is an operator led immigration route with six Scheme Operators responsible for selecting suitable workers from overseas. UK Visas and Immigration closely monitor the performance of the Scheme Operators to ensure high standards of returns are maintained.