Question follow-through · 3814
Online Safety Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is to decide whether to accept Ofcom’s advice on extending category 1 regulation of schedule 11 of the Online Safety Act 2023 to small online forums containin
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is to decide whether to accept Ofcom’s advice on extending category 1 regulation of schedule 11 of the Online Safety Act 2023 to small online forums containin
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology is carefully considering Ofcom’s categorisation research and advice and will make Regulations as soon as reasonably practicable.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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