Question follow-through · 105816
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of setting a minimum age of 16 for access to social media.
About this written question
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
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of setting a minimum age of 16 for access to social media.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
On 20 January, the government announced a short, swift consultation on further measures to keep children safe online, building on the Online Safety Act. While there is consensus that more action is needed, there is not yet consensus on what form that acti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Internet: Safety
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