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Seasonal workers reviews and surveys

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

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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Home Office
Published:
24 December 2021
Last updated:
17 September 2026
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  1. Added seasonal workers survey data 2025.

  2. Added seasonal workers survey results and data for 2025.

  3. 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%.

  4. Added Seasonal Workers Survey 2024

  5. Added seasonal workers survey results for 2023.

  6. Added seasonal workers survey results for 2022.

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

  8. Added seasonal workers survey results for 2020 and 2021.

  9. First published.

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Seasonal workers survey results 2025

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Seasonal workers survey data 2025

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Seasonal workers survey data 2024

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Seasonal workers survey results 2023

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Seasonal workers survey data 2023

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Seasonal workers survey results 2022

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Seasonal workers survey data 2022

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Seasonal workers survey data 2021

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Seasonal workers survey results 2020

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Seasonal workers survey data 2020

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Seasonal workers pilot review 2019

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Seasonal workers pilot 2019 review - appendices

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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.

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