Question follow-through · 115750
Young People: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the balance between online safety measures and the development of digital literacy skills in young people aged 12 to 18.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the balance between online safety measures and the development of digital literacy skills in young people aged 12 to 18.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
As set out in the department’s Schools White Paper, it is vital that children are supported to become digitally literate and confident users of technology. We must strike a healthy balance between preparing young people for a technologically enabled world...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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