| Heading: |
Seasonal Workers: Visas |
| Question ID: |
1804678 |
| UIN: |
53795 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5353 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Anna Gelderd
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Anna Gelderd
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Worker visa scheme to support labour availability for longer crop cycles. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4253 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Seema Malhotra
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| Answering Member handle: |
SeemaMalhotra1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SeemaMalhotra1
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| Answer text: |
The Seasonal Worker route is already available to growers throughout the full year but there are no plans to extend the maximum visa grant beyond the existing six months. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |