Are you sure FNPT II time can't be counted?
From CAP 804;
"8.2 STD time is creditable towards courses and licence issue but is not flight time and must not be recorded as such. STD time must be logged separately from flight time recorded in the log."
Under the CPL Experience requirements it only states that BITD can not be counted.
"(c) 10 hours of instrument flight instruction, of which up to 5 hours may be
instrument ground time in an FNPT I, or FNPT II or FFS. An applicant holding a
course completion certificate for the Basic Instrument Flight Module shall be
credited with up to 10 hours towards the required instrument instruction time.
Hours done in a BITD shall not be credited;"
Or am I just trying to look for loop holes now?
Cheers