Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of (a) the average length of time for a Skilled Worker visa application from outside the UK to be approved and (b) the number of applications for a Skilled Worker visa that have been delayed because a certificate of sponsorship from the applicant's employer has expired.

The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the average time to process visa applications or on application processing delays caused by expired certificates of sponsorship (COS). Provided the application was submitted before the expiry of the certificate of sponsorship (COS), this should not cause any delay.