Citizenship and Media: Education
Commons · Question 109646 · Tabled 29 Jan 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on media literacy and citizenship education of the findings of the report by Resilience and Reconstruction entitled Disinformation,
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 4 Feb 2026
Improved media literacy builds resilience to misinformation and disinformation and fosters critical thinking. The government is improving media literacy through coordinated cross-government work, including funding innovative community-based interventions ...