Question follow-through · 48090
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it her policy to abolish Ofcom if its code of conduct for technology companies does not improve children's online safety.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it her policy to abolish Ofcom if its code of conduct for technology companies does not improve children's online safety.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The government is clear that we expect significant improvements in children's online safety as platforms comply with their duties under the Online Safety Act.Ofcom's child safety codes include over 40 measures to hold platforms accountable, ensuring safer...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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