Question follow-through · 106173
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the extent to which social media platforms collect and monetise behavioural data from users under the age of 16; and what steps she is taking to
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
- 5 Feb 2026 · 21 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 information her Department holds on the extent to which social media platforms collect and monetise behavioural data from users under the age of 16; and what steps she is taking to
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
DSIT does not hold information on behavioural data collected by platforms on users under the age of 16.Where data collected by social media platforms constitutes personal data, under the UK’s data protection and privacy framework, its collection and use m...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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