§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will commission research to investigate the effect of violent crime on victims and their families, assess the extent to which families suffer post-traumatic stress and identify the support which should be provided to such families.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 28 November 1994]: Research of the kind proposed already exists. I have arranged for a copy of Home Office Research and Planning Unit Paper 80, "The long-term needs of victims: A review of the literature", to be placed in the Library of the House.