Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme

HC Deb 29 April 2004 vol 420 c1312W

Hugh Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students were admitted to the UK under the seasonal agricultural workers scheme from(a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003. [168377]

Mr. Browne

The latest available information is for 2001 to 2003, and is given in the table. Participants under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme must be students in full-time education and aged 18 or over.

Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom as seasonal agricultural workers, by nationality, 2001 to 2003
Number of journeys
	2001	2002	20031
Romania	125	330	545
Bulgaria	1,110	1,730	1,965
1Provisional and subject to change.
Note:
The figures are rounded to the nearest 5.