Our FLR took 12 weeks from submission to final receipt.
(first week Sept 09 - first week Dec 09)
What puzzles me, is why it took u 2+mnths to arrange a biometrics appointment ?
If memory serves me, when u receive confirmation of receipt of your FLR application,
doesn't the letter give u a time limit to apply for & arrange the biometrics ?
Without the biometrics, I guess that they've not even bothered to look at the application,
and it was returned to the bottom of the pile.
U could be looking at mid-late February.