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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the selection process was for the appointment of experts to the academic panel for the digital wellbeing consultation; and what criteria were used to ensure a balance of multi-disc
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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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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the selection process was for the appointment of experts to the academic panel for the digital wellbeing consultation; and what criteria were used to ensure a balance of multi-disc
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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