Question follow-through · 37197

Visas: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the Seasonal Worker visa scheme on recent trends in the level of worker exploitation.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the Seasonal Worker visa scheme on recent trends in the level of worker exploitation.

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating workers. The Government has noted the contents of the Worker Support Centre Annual Review 2024 and will give due consider...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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