Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that exposure to traumatic events by police offices are recorded; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are counselled after these events.

The Government has been clear that the health and wellbeing of our police is a top priority and that those who have faced traumatic incidents in the line of duty should receive the support they need to recover and continue serving. We continue to fund the National Police Wellbeing Service who have developed an evidenced-based trauma support model which is now available to forces.

It is the responsibility of individual Chief Officers to effectively manage their workforce, ensuring the appropriate health and wellbeing provisions are in place for their officers and staff.