Question follow-through · 116735
Internet: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of suicide fora to children through gaming chats.
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
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of suicide fora to children through gaming chats.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Online Safety Act requires in-scope services, including in-scope gaming services, to prevent all users from encountering illegal suicide and self-harm content, and children from legal content encouraging, promoting, or providing instructions for suici...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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