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Children: Mobile Phones |
| Question ID: |
1796032 |
| UIN: |
903824 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4860 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Kieran Mullan
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Dr Kieran Mullan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the impartiality of its review into the impact of smartphones on teenagers. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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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: |
In December 2024, DSIT launched a feasibility study on methods and data to research the impact of smartphones and social media on children. DSIT awarded the contract through an impartial tender process, which required all bids to declare any conflicts of ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |