Question follow-through · 28708
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of the social media ban for children under 16.
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of the social media ban for children under 16.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2026
Answer published
Government will be monitoring the impact of the ban closely and conduct a full review three to five years after implementation, allowing time for the expected cultural change and long-term impacts on mental and physical health to emerge. The review will c...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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