You can train for scratch for any of the...
NPPL
LAPL
PPL
Most advice would be that if you are shooting for aeroplanes or helicopters (as opposed to microlights or gyroplanes) and have no medical complications preventing a class 2 medical, is that you shoot straight for the full PPL. The other licence have restrictions that don't apply to the full PPL, and unless you're either under 25 or prove to be somewhat gifted as a pilot (and even then, there are no guarantees), it will most likely take you over the 45 hours minimum of the PPL to learn to fly anyhow. Learning to fly takes as long as it does, and the specific licence you're training for doesn't change the number of hours significantly within the aircraft class.
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