Written questions

Seasonal workers: Agriculture

Commons · Question 37202 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive Inspections of farms employing workers on the Seasonal Worker visa were conducted in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Mar 2025

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety, this includes workplace health and safety risks created in agriculture. The table below shows the total number of farm inspections carried out by HSE ov...