United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 62023
Prisons: Chess
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23 June 2025
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1 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of chess in prisons on reducing offending behaviour.
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23 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58502, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of chess in prisons on reducing offending behaviour.
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1 July 2025
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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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-23/62023
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1815536
- uk · wq-1815536 · source updated 1 July 2025