Written Evidence Mar. 07 2024
Inquiry: Human Rights at WorkFound: For example, the ICIBI’s 2022 inspection report1 found that while the Home Office undertook 25 farm
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: /media- factsheet-modern-slavery-act/ ; Home Office (2014) Modern slavery: how the UK is leading the
Jun. 09 2011
Source Page: Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and overseas domestic workers. Consultation paper. 42 p.Found: Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and overseas domestic workers. Consultation paper. 42 p.
Correspondence Mar. 20 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: Legal Migration and the Border 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF www.gov.uk/home
Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The Home Office may see them as separate but, for the migrant, it is part of a large increase in the - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Do any working papers in the Home Office give us an assessment or understanding of what that will be? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Who ultimately is responsible for the culture of defensiveness in the Home Office, which Neal suggested - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The Home Office had therefore not had time to fact-check and redact inappropriate material. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Indeed, on 23 January last year, my noble friend Lord Scriven asked when the Home Office was going to - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) As the noble Baroness will be aware, the Home Office will return to the High Court on 14 March as part - Speech Link
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)Found: The use of migrant labour both on -farm and in the up-stream food processing sector has been and continues
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Home Secretary delivering on promises to tackle immigrationFound: Home Secretary delivering on promises to tackle immigration
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish updated guidance for Seasonal Worker visa scheme operators where workers are at risk of exploitation.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating overseas workers.
A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses and the Home Office takes any allegations of mistreatment or abuse on this route extremely seriously.
The operators of the scheme are, and must remain, licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).
The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK.
The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.
The Sponsor a Seasonal Worker guidance is kept under regular review and updated and published as required.