BEagle,
"The IMC Rating question is not as clear. Again, as I understand it, you would need at least a JAR Class 2 medical to put an IMC Rating on an NPPL - if indeed the addition of such a rating is permitted at all. "
I didn't look at the IMC issue, but thought that the proposed NPPL IMC was based on the _DVLC_ class 2 medical? (Pity that both bureaucracies use numbered classes!)
As a lapsed glider pilot (not enough time...) I intend to do the NPPL for fun flying, and consider the IMC pretty essential for flying safely in the UK. I'll have to follow this up.
BTW, thanks for the work you're putting in on this!