Question follow-through · 80702
Malicious Communications Act 1988
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the enforcement of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the enforcement of the Malicious Communications Act 1988.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act introduced a number of communication offences, which were commenced in January 2024, including the false and threatening communications offences. The new communications offences have replaced the equivalent offences in the Malicious ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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