HC Deb 16 January 1985 vol 71 cc148-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers received financial assistance toward dental, optical or medical treatment in 1983 and 1984; what was the cost in each case; and why the officers were assisted.

Mr. Giles Shaw

For the reasons why police officers are reimbursed the costs of NHS prescriptions and dental treatment, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a question from the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Deakins) on 11 January, at column 560. The other information is not collected centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.