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Mobile Phones and Research: Young People |
| Question ID: |
1811704 |
| UIN: |
59186 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5323 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Matt Bishop
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Matt Bishop
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to publish research on the impact of (a) smartphones and (b) social media on young people. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The Government is continuing to explore how the evidence base on the impact of social media on children can be improved.This is why in December 2024, DSIT commissioned a feasibility study on methods and data to understand the impact of smartphones and soc... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |