Assuming this is allowed, it seems to me to be a significant bending of the rules at the very least and dilutes the valuable experience that the FI would otherwise have acquired by flying procedures and approaches under genuine IFR time
There is no requirement to fly procedures; the whole 200 hours can by IFR in perfect VMC with the autopilot in and no contact with the controls whatsoever. That is the requirement, no rule bending, just daft rules!