Question follow-through · 38990
Pornography: Magazine Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to regulate the sale of (a) magazines and (b) other offline pornography to under 21s in (i) shops and (ii) garages.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to regulate the sale of (a) magazines and (b) other offline pornography to under 21s in (i) shops and (ii) garages.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
Physical (or ‘offline’) media with pornographic content is usually classified 18 or R18 rating by the British Board of Film Classification under the Video Recordings Act 1984. This Act is the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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