Question follow-through · 106172
Social Media: Age Assurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of age verification mechanisms on social media platforms.
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
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of age verification mechanisms on social media platforms.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2026
Answer published
Ofcom are due to publish a report on age assurance by July 2026, which will assess the effectiveness of age assurance technologies for compliance with the child safety duties of the Online Safety Act.Age assurance technologies play an important role in su...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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