Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 122037

Internet: Age Assurance

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Sojan Joseph

LabourAshford

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the rules governing data protection that require sites and services using age verification to delete submitted information once tha

Answer

Ian Murray
The Government has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effectiveness of rules requiring the deletion of data submitted for age verification once it has been used.The UK’s data protection framework requires personal data to be minimised and not ret...

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