Query on Current Lead Time for CEng Application Assessments

Without wanting to distract from the question, just a warning that I have two applicants who submitted almost a year ago and are still both waiting for interviews...waiting times have been very long recently. One of them took about 6 months to get to initial assessment. Hopefully things are speeding up now...? 

Without wanting to distract from the question, just a warning that I have two applicants who submitted almost a year ago and are still both waiting for interviews...waiting times have been very long recently. One of them took about 6 months to get to initial assessment. Hopefully things are speeding up now...? 

Hi Andy, thank you for taking the time to reply. 

I am quite shocked to hear that your applicants / mentees have had to wait a year without getting to PRI. 

I hope that they progress soon. 

Best Regards.