Very poorly handled. It's such a mess to be quite frank!
I've just got off the phone from the agency and more or less yup, not getting refunded for the documents we've paid for but they think that the ESE could revert back to doing the TTP scheme and if they do, those who have passed the interview and got the documents ready will be contacted immediately to see if we're still interested. Honestly it's a waiting game, it could be a month or two or a year or more. I've stated that I'll be looking for a job locally now but if the ESE has changed their minds and reverted back to the TTP program, then I would appreciate the agency to call me back to see if I'm still interested or not. They said they would, I also asked would we need to go back to the interview stage again if that was the case, they said most likely not.
To be honest, it's very frustrating but I feel like I got all the answers I need now, which isn't the answers that I want but it's closure none the less.