Its bollock isn't it ! You pay 140something quid, you phone them up and after half an hour trawling through their phone menu system, to hear a message that licence issue is currently taking 10 working days, then 6 weeks later you licence turns up. When I got mine (2000) they said 10 days, but it was over 6 weeks.
Why can't an examiner give you a temp certificate valid for 4 months???
Cheers
EA