Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the implementation processes for age verification for online pornography; and how that data is stored and shared.

We are in discussion with a range of organisations, including the British Board of Film Classification as the intended age verification regulator, and those who will be involved in the regulatory framework, such as age verification providers.

The Secretary of State Guidance to the Regulator, which will include details on how user’s data will be protected, will be laid in Parliament later this year.