Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 115986

Digital Technology: Health Hazards

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance on screen use will include recommendations on preventing eye conditions such as myopia and dry eye associated with excessive screen use.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
The department and the Department of Health and Social Care are jointly working to produce and publish new practical, evidence-informed guidance on screen time for early years. An early years screen time advisory group of child health and development spec...

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