Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Accepted in Part
We also call on the Government to make the Seasonal Workers Pilot a permanent scheme...
Recommendation
We also call on the Government to make the Seasonal Workers Pilot a permanent scheme and for it to commit to announcing the number of visas that will be available under the scheme on a rolling five-year basis. (Paragraph 69) Longer term solutions
Government response summary AI-generated
The government extended the Seasonal Worker route to 2024 and released an additional 10,000 visas. They will make an evidence-based decision on the future of the visa route in 2024 but do not intend to publish more frequent statistical updates on the scheme.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
On 24 December 2021, the government announced that the Seasonal Worker route would be extended through to 2024, allowing overseas workers to come to the UK for up to six months to harvest both edible and ornamental crops. An evidence-based decision on the future of the visa route will be made in 2024.
Read the full response on Parliament ↗