§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the investigations which(a) have been commissioned and (b) have been circulated or recommended by medical officers in the past 20 years 216W concerning the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among serving or former serving members of HM Armed Forces. [67428]
§ Mr. Doug Henderson[holding answer 2 February 1999]: My Department does not maintain central records of investigations commissioned, circulated or recommended by medical officers on the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among serving or former members of the Armed Forces. However, I am not aware that my Department has commissioned, or has been recommended by medical officers to commission, investigations specifically into the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder among serving or former members of the Armed Forces over the past 20 years.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many representations have been received in the past 20 years from(a) former soldiers, (b) general practitioners or family doctors, (c) prison doctors or chaplains, (d) officers of the court and (e) others, concerning the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. [67429]
§ Mr. Doug Henderson[holding answer 2 February 1999]: The information requested is not available as no central records are maintained by my Department of representations received concerning post-traumatic stress disorder.