The CAA have failed to manage RFs in the 11 years they have existed. The current purge is not so much a clear-out but rather a case of getting their books in order prior to the big shake-up. Sadly, there is no sign of any "stimulation" just inane European bureaucracy, administered by people who have little or no means of judging what is safe and what isn't. Its all about ticking boxes which and will have its inevitable toll.
Stimulation would include properly structured PPL exams, common to all States. Instead, EASA-FCL says that all (non existent) PPL theoretical exams must be passed in 6 sittings, or you have to retake all exams. In the UK we have 7 exams, so its just not possible, and the clowns in charge don't even know that!