Research: Seasonal workers reviews and surveys

Reports and surveys reviewing the performance of the seasonal workers pilot from 2019 to 2025.

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In March 2019, the UK government launched a visa route for seasonal workers, initially as a pilot, ahead of freedom of EU movement ending at the end of 2020.

This route allows temporary migrant workers from non-EU countries to work in the UK’s horticulture and poultry sectors.

An annual seasonal worker survey asks workers about their experiences of working in the UK.

Added seasonal workers survey data 2025.

Added seasonal workers survey results and data for 2025.

Amended 'Seasonal workers survey results 2024' HTML - in table 7 changed Proportion of respondents percentage for Northern Ireland to 2.4% and Wales to 0.5%.

Added seasonal workers survey results for 2023.

Added seasonal workers survey results for 2022.

Corrected figures in Figure 7 and updated section on farm management in the 2021 survey results.