Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 38990
Pornography: Magazine Press
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to regulate the sale of (a) magazines and (b) other offline pornography to under 21s in (i) shops and (ii) garages.
Answer
Feryal ClarkPhysical (or ‘offline’) media with pornographic content is usually classified 18 or R18 rating by the British Board of Film Classification under the Video Recordings Act 1984. This Act is the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, ...
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