Violent Crime (Victims)

HC Deb 21 July 1994 vol 247 cc607-8W

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make arrangements to ensure that victims of violent crime who need dental treatment as a result of their injuries are included in the categories of people who are automatically entitled to free dental treatment;

(2) if she will make arrangements to ensure that victims of violent crime who need help with hospital travel costs as a result of their injuries are included in the categories of people who are automatically entitled to help with travel costs.

(3) if she will make arrangements to ensure that victims of violent crime who need NHS prescriptions as a result of their injuries are included in the categories of people who are automatically entitled to free prescriptions;

(4) if she will make arrangements to ensure that victims of violent crime who need a sight test or an NHS voucher for new spectacles as a result of their injuries are included in the categories of people who are automatically entitled to a free sight test or an NHS voucher for new spectacles.

Mr. Sackville

We have no plans to do so.