Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 117598

Speech and Language Disorders: Children

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has reviewed the effects of device use, including tablets, amongst young children on speech and language development.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education are working jointly to produce and publish new advice for parents and carers on the impacts of screen use on the health and development of children aged zero to five years old, incl...

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