Written question asked by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 9 December 2022. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 December 2022 on behalf of the Home Office.

Visas: Seasonal Workers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the seasonal worker visas made available for workers for the poultry sector have been issued as of 7 December 2022.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release(opens in a new tab)’. Data on the number of ‘Seasonal Worker’ visas granted are published in table Vis_D02 of the Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes(opens in a new tab) dataset.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2022.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar(opens in a new tab)’.

Secondary information