HC Deb 22 October 2001 vol 373 c67W
25. Mr. Rooney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the management of personnel within police forces. [5166]

Mr. Denham

The Government are committed to ensuring that the police service as a whole has modern and effective personnel policies. Such policies are vital to improving the fitness, the readiness and the availability of all forces to tackle crime. We want the police service to have the very best modern management practices. A key part of our strategy is the development of an occupational health service to be co-ordinated nationally and delivered locally.