Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of the consultation entitled Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, published on 2 March 2026, for people (a) without technical expertise.

The government is committed to ensuring that as many people as possible can take part in Growing up in the online world: a national consultation, including those without technical expertise.

The government has produced tailored and more accessible versions of the consultation for parents and carers and children, designed to be easier to complete and navigate, with over 69,000 responses to the consultation so far.

Through ongoing engagement on the National Conversation, ministers and officials will continue to host bespoke engagement reaching hundreds of civil society organisations, schools and community groups right across the United Kingdom, focusing on voices which are seldom heard and hard to reach.