HL Deb 14 January 1985 vol 458 cc855-6WA
Lord Taylor

asked Her Majesty's Government

What research, if any, is being conducted by the Home Office or other government agencies into the problems of stress in the police services; how much is being spent on these researches; and what plans, if any, exist for future investigations into these problems.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Elton)

The results of a preliminary study on mental stress in the police service, which was organised by the Home Office on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers and cost £42,000, were published last year. The study indicates a number of areas in which action might usefully be taken and we are now considering how further progress might best be made.