Question follow-through · 84985
Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing national guidance on the potential physical health risks of excessive screen time for children and young people.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing national guidance on the potential physical health risks of excessive screen time for children and young people.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
In 2019, the UK Chief Medical Officers published a commentary on the findings of a systematic review on screen-based activities and children’s mental health. This commentary included advice for parents and carers on agreeing boundaries with children and y...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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