§ Mr. BettsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what analysis of the relationship between crime levels and unemployment underlay the statement in his consultation paper, "Disclosure of Criminal Records for Employment Vetting Purposes," on the relative likelihood of reoffending by(a) an ex-offender with suitable work and (b) one who is unemployed.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe relevant passage says only that commonsense suggests that an ex-offender with suitable work is less likely to re-offend than one who is unemployed. It did not derive from any general analysis of a possible link between levels of crime and unemployment.