Question follow-through · 14063

Pornography: Gower

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on young people in Gower constituency of differences in the level of regulation of pornographic content accessed (a) onli

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
19 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on young people in Gower constituency of differences in the level of regulation of pornographic content accessed (a) onli

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Online Safety Act imposes duties on user-to-user services and publishers of pornography to prevent children encountering pornographic content online.Ofcom can enforce duties on publishers of pornography from early 2025. The age assurance duties for us...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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