Question follow-through · 8893

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers under the Online Safety Act in protecting young people from online harms.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 10 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 15 Jun 2026
Answer: 19 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers under the Online Safety Act in protecting young people from online harms.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
Children’s safety and wellbeing online is a government priority. The Online Safety Act provides robust foundations, but we have always been clear that there is more to do. That is why on 15 June we set out our plan in response to the ‘Growing up in the On...

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