Question follow-through · 94546
Internet: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting children in Northern Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in protecting children in Northern Ireland.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires services to protect children in the UK from both illegal and age-inappropriate content. These protections are now in force, as of 25 July, children in Northern Ireland should be seeing a tangible difference in their online e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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