Question follow-through · 61598
Social Media: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on exempting Category 1 services from their associated obligations under the Online Safety Act.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on exempting Category 1 services from their associated obligations under the Online Safety Act.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to determine which services fall into Category 1. Ofcom’s current roadmap estimates publishing the register of categorised services this summer, with the additional duties for Category 1 services becoming enf...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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