Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's report into the Seasonal Worker scheme, published on 22 October 2023.
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.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) This is a bad decision on the part of the Home Office. It is a brutal decision. - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Why has the Home Office not published it? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None I have seen Home Office estimates of £78 billion a year. - Speech Link
2: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Home Office part-funds the National Stalking Helpline, run by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, providing - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) But, given that the Home Office can be rather vague in its temporal references, can the Minister say - Speech Link
4: None They could either be deported by the Home Office or persecuted by their domestic abuser. - Speech Link
5: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) These collections form part of the Home Office annual data requirement—ADR. - Speech Link
Dec. 13 2023
Source Page: Migration Advisory Committee: annual report, 2023Found: This s houl d include a full a ssessment o f the i mpacts on resident workers, migrant c are workers
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) workers and revenue evasion. - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) How will the Home Office keep the impact of this policy on race under review, as it states it will do - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) But the Home Office has published the statutory code—it is on GOV.UK—on how to avoid unlawful discrimination - Speech Link
Nov. 01 2023
Source Page: Safeguarding workers on temporary migration programmes: studyFound: Safeguarding workers on temporary migration programmes: study
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The chaos engulfing our asylum system, which has kept people in Home Office limbo for longer and longer - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) The Home Office recently launched the Refugee Employability Programme in England, which is focused on - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The Home Office is the first line of enforcement against illegal migration and works across Government - Speech Link
2: Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) do not seem to be supporting the Home Office in delivering its core function. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) How long does the Home Office take to conclude these cases? - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The Home Office continues to work with members of the Home Office employers consultative group and landlord - Speech Link
Correspondence Jan. 31 2024
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)Found: of State for Legal Migration and the Border 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF www.gov.uk/home
Mentions:
1: None Since my first day in the Home Office, just three weeks ago, I have been determined to crack down on - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Will an existing migrant worker’s salary have to rise in order to extend their visa? - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) dependants and requiring social care firms in England to be CQC registered before they can sponsor migrant - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) My Lords, just to follow up on a previous question, I am currently looking at reports of Home Office - Speech Link