Question follow-through · 124604
Mental Health: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has reviewed recent evidence on the potential impact of social media on users’ mental health.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has reviewed recent evidence on the potential impact of social media on users’ mental health.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government keeps the evidence on the relationship between social media use and mental health under close review and is committed to ensuring that children’s lives online are safe and enriching. A national consultation is currently underway to seek vie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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