Hi NotTelling,
In days gone by (late 90's) there used to be an NVQ qualification but only 1 person every obtained all of the necessary signatures etc to obtain the NVQ (you needed airline experience for the qualification iirc). It was a Level 4 NVQ.
I have the NVQ Folder at home with all of the requirements, sign off sheets etc as I enrolled on the afformentioned NVQ.
This used to also give a tax saving of 23%(?) from any flight training and hours building towards a commercial career in Aviation. However the Government found that quite a few people were abusing this tax saving to gain PPL's and stop their training at that level without any intention of going commercial so revoked the 23% saving on flight training.
I obtained my PPL using the tax relief that was available to us seven years ago.
Sadly there isn't anything around that recognise JAR-FCL ATPLs as qualifications in their own right. Some Universities use the JAR-FCL ATPL exams and course as one of their yearly modules on their Degree schemes I seem to remember reading somewhere on here.
Best wishes,
Charlie Zulu.