Seamaster:
when asked about category C being crossed out on my licence she advised that I will only get category C1 on my new licence as my cat C has lapsed.
If you are a pre 1997 licence holder I suspect she meant you will get that C1 showing until the D4 medical has been approved but in saying that it would be odd to get the licence back before they have sorted the D4
Be interesting to see what happens