PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers: Visas (4 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to UK Visas and Immigration guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, updated on 2 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision in place to support workers where scheme operator licences are revoked; and whether there are mechanisms in place to inspect the accommodation to which seasonal workers are transferred when the licence of their original sponsor is revoked.

Asked by:
Ellie Chowns (Green Party)

Processes have been put in place to ensure individuals impacted by sponsor licence revocation are not detrimentally impacted. The Home Office has helped facilitate continuity of work with alternative sponsors for those who were originally attached to such companies.

The Home Office is not responsible for setting or enforcing UK accommodation standards. Should any concerns be raised with the Home Office or identified during compliance activities, these will be passed to the relevant authorities.

Answered by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour)
14 October 2024