Farming Stress and Suicide (Hansard, 17 December 1998)

HC Deb 17 December 1998 vol 322 c622W 622W

§ Mr. Tyler
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the cause of the delay in publishing the Department's report on farming stress and suicide, prepared by the University of London Department of Psychiatry; and if he will make a statement. [64304]

§ Mr. Hutton
The report commissioned by the Department on "Suicide and Stress in Farmers" was a study undertaken by Professor Keith Hawton and his team at the University of Oxford. Publication has not been delayed. The final version was received on 4 December 1998 and was published on 7 December 1998.