I see your from sunny Salford, what part of Salford are you from ssbib

I don't think it is all settlement visa applications just those that are near the financial threshold and that have non EU kids.

this doesn't help much as the latest month for the stats is February

Number of days to process application
5 days 10 days 15 days 30 days 60 days 90 days
% of applications decided 1% 24% 27% 32% 98% 100%

The above data is for all decisions made in February 2017

https://visa-processingtimes.homeoff...sas/settlement