Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 906327

Internet: Children and Young People

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 12 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Gerald Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Online Safety Act 2023 on protecting children and young people from online harms.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

I met and made clear to Ofcom’s chief executive that keeping children safe online is my top priority.Since taking post I’ve already strengthened the Online Safety Act: to make encouraging self-harm and cyber-flashing priority offences, so services must pr...

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