Question follow-through · 86449

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025, due to come into force on 3 November, were revoked on 9 October.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
12 Nov 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025, due to come into force on 3 November, were revoked on 9 October.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for the development andimplementation of the Designated Reporting Body (DRB), which will receivereports of CSEA from in-scope user-to-user service providers.The NCA hasconfirmed that the DRB has been delayed ...

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