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Social Media: Children

Asked by Laura TrottConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 109247

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The government’s consultation on the children’s use of technology and social media will be launched in the coming weeks. This will be a short, swift consultation of three months, with the government planning to respond in the summer.

The consultation will be backed by a national conversation about the impact of technology on children’s wellbeing. Ministers are already hearing the views of parents, children and civil society through nationwide events.

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