Question follow-through · 70925
Mobile Phones: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission research involving (a) young people, (b) parents and (c) carers on mobile phone use outside school hours.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 12 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission research involving (a) young people, (b) parents and (c) carers on mobile phone use outside school hours.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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12 Sept 2025
Answer published
The department is developing the evidence base around children’s online safety, including smartphone use, to continually inform our policy response. As part of this, DSIT commissioned a feasibility study into research on the impact of smartphones and soci...
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