Question follow-through · 105311
Social Media: Intimate Image Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 January 2026 on Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes, whether the changes announced will apply to Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 January 2026 on Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes, whether the changes announced will apply to Northern Ireland.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Technology Secretary announced on 12 January that the offence criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images would be commenced as a matter of urgency. This offence will apply in England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland have thei...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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