Question follow-through · 57957

Violence: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the (a) recording and (b) sharing of peer-on-peer violence by children online.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
13 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the (a) recording and (b) sharing of peer-on-peer violence by children online.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    We are working to enhance our understanding of how social media platforms are being used by gangs and violent offenders, and how online content translates to ‘real-world’ violence. We know from 2024 survey results published by the Youth Endowment Fund tha...

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