§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Her Majesty's Government have undertaken any studies, or plans to undertake any, about the impact of rising unemployment on the size of the prison population.
§ Mr. MayhewNo extensive studies have been undertaken, or are currently planned, but a brief discussion of correlations between crime and unemployment rates is contained in chapter 10 of Home Office Research Bulletin 7/1979.