Lord Morrow

Ofcom’s implementation progress update, published 17 October, sets out their intention to publish finalised guidance on age assurance for publishers of online pornography in January 2025. Ofcom expects to start monitoring and enforcing the age assurance duties at that point.

The child safety duties – which require user-to-user services to prevent children encountering pornography – come into effect after parliament has considered Ofcom’s finalised Children’s Safety Code of Practice. We anticipate this will happen by Summer 2025.

Food banks are operated by independent charitable and community organisations. Social security, including welfare support, is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Government's Child Poverty Strategy includes measures such as lifting the two-child benefit cap, the Universal Credit deduction reforms and increasing the National Living Wage that will apply in Northern Ireland, so providing better support for low-income families.

Food banks are operated by independent charitable and community organisations. Social security, including welfare support, is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Government's Child Poverty Strategy includes measures such as lifting the two-child benefit cap, the Universal Credit deduction reforms and increasing the National Living Wage that will apply in Northern Ireland, so providing better support for low-income families.