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Workers Registration Scheme

Volume 703: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

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Lord Roberts of Llandudno

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will allow those joining the workers registration scheme to defer paying the fee of £65 until they are earning. [HL4644]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord West of Spithead)

The fee to join the workers registration scheme is £90. Regulation 8(1) of the Accession Regulations 2004 states that “an application for a registration certificate authorising an accession state worker requiring registration to work for an employer may only be made by an applicant who is working for that employer at the date of the application”. Applications should only be made by applicants who are in work and earning.