Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, in what way she plans to use responses to the consultation entitled Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March 2026, to inform policymaking; and how those responses will be considered alongside the findings of the expert panel convened as part of the same process.

All responses to the consultation titled: Growing up in the online world: a national consultation will be analysed and summarised, with a summary published on the GOV.UK website. Ministers will consider these views alongside evidence gathered through our National Conversation and stakeholder engagement across the UK with families, young people, schools, civil society and industry.

These views will be considered alongside insights from an expert panel of academics, to help the department understand the information from the consultation in the context of the evolving evidence base. All views and evidence will inform the government’s next steps to improve children’s digital wellbeing and safety.