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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement (a) recommendations on guidance for parents on the effects of screen time on infants and (b) other recommendations in the former Education Committee’s Fourth Report of

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement (a) recommendations on guidance for parents on the effects of screen time on infants and (b) other recommendations in the former Education Committee’s Fourth Report of

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    The department recognises the Education Committee’s concerns about the impacts of screen time and we are committed across government to protecting children online. We have responded to the Committee’s report.The department and cross-government partners in...

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