Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers waiting for the outcome of visas they have sponsored to be determined have been waiting for a decision for (a) over three months, (b) over six months, (c) over one year and (d) over two years as of 16 October 2023.

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)