Received a reply from the Incumbent Hampshire PCC, forwarded, who hilariously states they have made the waiting times a priority over the last 3 years.
The BASC league table (I think) suggests that 21/22 they were at 84 days on average, I was messaged in Feb 2024 that they were processing applications from June 2023 so we're now at 10/12 months. Applied myself Sept 2023.