Internet: Suicide
Commons · Question 116736 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of children accessing online suicide fora.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 19 Mar 2026
The Online Safety Act requires in-scope services, including in-scope gaming services, to prevent all users from encountering illegal suicide and self-harm content, and children from legal content encouraging, promoting, or providing instructions for suici...