Gregor Poynton MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Social Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Ofcom is taking to prevent children from accessing regulated platforms while under the minimum age limits in those companies’ terms of service.
Answer: Child online safety is of utmost importance to the government. Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services likely to be accessed by children have a duty to include provisions in their terms of service specifying how children of any age are prev...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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Social Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that social media companies effectively enforce their terms of service to prevent children below the required minimum age from accessing them.
Answer: Child online safety is of utmost importance to the government. Under the Online Safety Act, all user-to-user services likely to be accessed by children have a duty to include provisions in their terms of service specifying how children of any age are prev...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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Internet: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with private messaging platforms on (a) ensuring compliance with the Online Safety Act 2023 and (b) tackling (i) grooming of children and (ii) sharing of chi
Answer: The government is committed to protecting children from these devastating crimes. The Online Safety Act will place strict safety duties on online platforms to protect children from being groomed by online predators, and to tackle child sexual exploitation...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	3
Department for Transport	1
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Department of Health and Social Care	12
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	2
Treasury	3

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