Question follow-through · 908400
Internet: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of young people online.
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
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of young people online.
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
Protecting children online is a top priority. The Online Safety Act brought in some of the strongest protections for children globally.We have already taken steps to build on these by introducing new priority offences and tackling intimate image abuse and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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