Brilliant Stuff,
Make no mistake; you aren't IR'd simply because neither the provider or the providee wants to pay for it to happen. On joining a police provider, I had a current foreign IR at a time when instrument training was a big discussion point amongst the police. The employer said they weren't interested in getting it converted due to the cost, which wouldn't be recoverable from the contract.
Still haven't been enough marginal VFR/VCF incidents yet to justify a rule change. Call me a cynic if you like, but it's true.