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Prisons: Leisure

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 11 November 2025UIN 87519

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) all recreational activities provided to inmates and (b) the total cost to the public purse for providing those activities in (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hal

Answered by Jake Richards

The requested data is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.

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