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Migrant Workers: Wind Power

Asked by Grahame MorrisLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 June 2025UIN 61501

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK Visas and Immigration international (a) application points and (b) decision-making centres processed applications to work in (i) construction, (ii) maintenance and (iii) seafaring roles in the offshore wind industry under the Offshore Wind Workers Concession scheme between 2017 and 2023.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Visa applications for the Offshore Wind Workers Concession Scheme were processed by the following Decision Making Centres (DMCs): Riyadh, Beijing, Manila, Bogota, Istanbul, Pretoria, Chennai, Warsaw, Abu Dhabi, Amman, New Delhi, Croydon, Liverpool and Sheffield.

A number of construction, maintenance and seafaring roles were also processed by the above DMCs.

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