Home Office written question – answered at on 13 June 2025.
Perran Moon
Labour, Camborne and Redruth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to secure seasonal workers for the (a) horticulture and (b) agriculture sector.
Seema Malhotra
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
On 25 February, the Government announced that the Seasonal Worker route had been extended for five years, with 45,000 visas available for 2025, consisting of 43,000 for horticulture and agriculture and 2,000 for the poultry sector. The Government keeps the Seasonal Worker route under regular review.
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