Internet: Safety
Commons · Question 86307 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increased use of VPNs on the level of (a) data and (b) national security risks since the introduction of the
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 7 Nov 2025
The Department is monitoring the impact of circumvention techniques, including VPNs, on the Online Safety Act. Ofcom told Parliament last month that UK usage of VPN apps had declined from an initial peak when the Act’s child safety duties commenced.There ...