Question follow-through · 29758
Social Media: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to commission research on the potential correlation between trends in children's media literacy levels and their susceptibility to social media harms.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to commission research on the potential correlation between trends in children's media literacy levels and their susceptibility to social media harms.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
Media literacy can help tackle a wide variety of online safety issues for all internet users, including children.Media literacy is currently taught through the national curriculum for citizenship at key stages 3 and 4. The guidance can be accessed here: h...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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