Question follow-through · 27902
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment has he made of the impact of social media use on children's well-being.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment has he made of the impact of social media use on children's well-being.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
In November 2024 DSIT announced a feasibility study to further understand the impact of smartphones and social media on children.The study will review existing evidence on the topic and assess which research methods will be most effective in determining t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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