Question follow-through · 86934
Internet: Age Assurance and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that companies implementing (a) age-verification and (b) safety requirements use (i) secure and (ii) adequately regulated third-party vendo
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that companies implementing (a) age-verification and (b) safety requirements use (i) secure and (ii) adequately regulated third-party vendo
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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7 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires providers to give particular regard to the protection of users’ privacy rights when complying with their new safety duties, including when using age assurance measures. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has a range...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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