Question follow-through · 90677
Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a (a) social media curfew and (b) cap on smartphone screen time fo
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a (a) social media curfew and (b) cap on smartphone screen time fo
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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20 Nov 2025
Answer published
It is important that children can seize the opportunities that being online offers whilst being safe. The Online Safety Act provides protections for children from illegal and harmful content onlineWe continue to explore evidence around the impact of socia...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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