Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers sponsored applications for visas in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were identified as complex.

UKVI are unable to determine how many employers are awaiting the outcome of visa applications, as numerous applications may be linked to one employer and we do not produce published data on this.

The latest published data that shows the breakdown by the length of time taken to process a sponsorship application and the average length of time taken (days) to process a sponsorship application can be found here at Sponsorship transparency data: Q2 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)