So how long does the SRA plan on taking to approve each law firms' application? Here's some quick calculations I did based on the some some rough numbers of law firms in the UK.
| No of Firms | 11,000 |
| No. COLPs/COFAs | 22,000 |
| No. Working Days to 31-Dec | 104 |
| Approvals per Day | 212 |
| No. People Working | 10 |
| Working Hours/Day | 7.5 |
| Effective Working Hours/Day | 6.0 |
| Time (mins) spent per review | 17.02 |
How does that sound? God knows how long law firms spent making each application but I suspect it was more than 17 mins.
If anyone from the SRA is reading this, feel free to post a comment and correct my maths.