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Prisons: Chess |
| Question ID: |
1815537 |
| UIN: |
62024 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5359 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Neil Duncan-Jordan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Neil Duncan-Jordan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, how many prisons currently hold regular chess activity sessions. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Justice is aware of research that is in progress in relation to regular chess sessions across the prison estate. To date, no formal assessment has been made of any effect on re-offending.As chess is not a structured physical activity, it i... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |