Question follow-through · 19175
Visas: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for a (a) Skilled Worker and (b) Skilled Worker Dependent Visa in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Asylum · 14 Jan 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for a (a) Skilled Worker and (b) Skilled Worker Dependent Visa in each of the last five years.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Home Office does not publish the requested data.But, the latest Transparency Data, which does provide data on applications for various routes processed within service standards, can be found at: Visas, status and immigration data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UK
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Asylum
14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claimed asylum by country of origin in each month of 2024.