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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish the names and institutional affiliations of the members of the academic panel appointed to assess (a) the public responses to the 'Growing up in the online world' co

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish the names and institutional affiliations of the members of the academic panel appointed to assess (a) the public responses to the 'Growing up in the online world' co

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Professor Russell Viner, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department for Education, will chair the academic panel. The government will announce further members once all checks, including security checks, have concluded. Declarations of conflicts of ...

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