Scott Arthur MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Social Media: Young PeopleDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the under-16s social media ban on organisations that use social media platforms for online campaigns and outreach with young peop
Answer: The Government recognises that some organisations use social media platforms to engage with and provide information to under 16s. Government is continuing to engage with youth organisations, civil society and other stakeholders regarding implementation of...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Telecommunications: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory zero-rating on data usage for essential government and NHS websites for families with disabled or seriously
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of helping families with disabled or seriously ill children access essential NHS and government services. We have not made a formal assessment of mandatory zero-rating, since many providers already offer this for k...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Telecommunications: Social TariffsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department with telecommunications providers to ensure social tariffs for broadband and mobile data are routinely offered at sign-up to low-income households with disabled
Answer: The Department works with Ofcom and providers to improve social tariff awareness. Telecoms providers signed the Telecoms Consumer Charter, committing them to make social tariffs for those on means-tested benefits easy to find and signposted. Government al...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Social Media: ChildrenDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the goal is of the decision to ban under 16s from social media; and how she plans to measure whether that goal has been achieved.
Answer: The Government's aim is to give children a safer, healthier online experience - protecting them from harmful, age-inappropriate content and higher-risk features, while ensuring they benefit from positive and educational experiences online. We will monitor...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Social Media: ChildrenDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a list of services within scope of the under 16s social media ban will be produced.
Answer: The Government has been clear that it will bring forward measures to prevent under-16s from accessing social media services. We intend to use a model similar to Australia, which means capturing social media services whose purpose is to enable social inter...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Social Media: ChildrenDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the scope of social media services to be banned for under 16s will be future proofed for the design of emerging social media platforms.
Answer: The government announced in June that we would be closely following the Australian model for the scope of the social media ban. This means capturing user to user platforms whose purpose is to enable social interaction, and which allow users to post materi...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	6
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1
Department for Transport	10
Department for Work and Pensions	7
Department of Health and Social Care	11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	1
Home Office	13
Ministry of Defence	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	1
Scotland Office	1
Treasury	6

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