Written Question·Home Office·UIN 190576

Migrant Workers: Territorial Waters

Tabled: 21 June 2023
Answered: 26 June 2023
Named Day

Question

Karl Turner

IndependentKingston upon Hull East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national workers have (a) applied and (b) been granted permission to work in UK territorial waters under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amen

Answer

Robert Jenrick
These regulations do not provide anyone with permission to work in UK waters and all foreign nationals will need to apply for the appropriate permission to work under a points-based system immigration route before commencing work.