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I've never purchased a brand new car personally, but my understanding is that buying a pre-registered car usually gets one a better deal than if one bought a brand new vehicle to order.
Why not ring around a few dealers pretending to be looking for a car. Ask if they have any pre-reg cars of your model and ask for guide prices (have a look on dealers websites too). Once you have some prices, you can use the difference to what you paid as a guide to how much (££ wise) you've been disadvantaged. then add a percentage (say about 20-30%) for the distress and disappointment and the fact they put you in a precarious position (insurance wise) for those 3 weeks.
I would ring your insurance company and ask if this is a "material fact" which should be reported to them. Any admin fees the insurance charges should be added to the above figures.
If you haven't been financially disadvantaged from above research, then gun for a free service to compensate for the distress and disappointment.
Frankly I don't buy the "accidental admin error" angle. Dealers are well versed in registering cars - they know what they are doing. They almost certainly used you to boost their "apparent" sales figures, once when the car was registered and 3 weeks later when it was sold to you. Having dealt with dealers as a warranty engineer for a large Midlands manufacturer, I can tell you they all have large fins on their backs and they know every "scam" going.
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