Question follow-through · 22290

Intimate Image Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to require technology companies to implement device-level controls preventing children from taking, sending or receiving nude images within three months.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to require technology companies to implement device-level controls preventing children from taking, sending or receiving nude images within three months.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    This Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from online sexual abuse. The previous Prime Minister announced on 8 June 2026 that the UK would become the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, sha...

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