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Written Question
Social Media: Children
Friday 18th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of the social media ban for children under 16.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Government will be monitoring the impact of the ban closely and conduct a full review three to five years after implementation, allowing time for the expected cultural change and long-term impacts on mental and physical health to emerge. The review will consider a range of metrics including regular reporting from children and parents on online experiences and the impact on children’s physical and mental health. Government has committed to reviewing the mobile phones in schools guidance and making any necessary revisions by September 2027.


Written Question
Children: Health Services
Friday 18th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan for England, what steps her Department is taking to ensure uptake of the NHS England and Starlight Play Well Toolkit by 2027.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 22 April in response to Question 127201.


Written Question
Tickets: Touting
Friday 18th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to bring forward the draft Bill on Ticket Touting.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

We are fully committed to implementing the measures we announced last year, which will put fans back at the heart of live events and eliminate industrial-scale ticket touting. We are working at pace to prepare the legislation and will publish the draft bill in this session of parliament for pre-legislative scrutiny by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to ensure that the legislation is effective, enforceable and future-proof.


Written Question
Women: Health Services
Friday 18th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure effective implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 15 September in response to Question 28065.


Written Question
Comics: Tax Allowances
Thursday 17th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the Creative Industry Tax Reliefs to the UK comic book industry.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals.


Written Question
Independent Commission into Adult Social Care
Thursday 17th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role patients with lived experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare will take in Baroness Casey's review of adult social care.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Baroness Casey has made clear that one of the core purposes of the Big Conversation on Care that she is leading is to hear from people, families, and carers with direct, real-life experience of the current social care system, so she can reflect those experiences in her recommendations for reform.


Written Question
Social Media: Children
Thursday 17th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which platforms will be in scope of the social media ban for children under 16.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government has been clear that it will bring forward measures to prevent under-16s from accessing social media services. We intend to use a model similar to Australia, capturing social media services whose purpose is to enable social interaction and which allow users to post material alongside algorithms.

The final scope criteria will be set out in regulations laid before Parliament.


Written Question
Community Health Services and Social Prescribing: Arts
Tuesday 15th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support access to dance and other creative activities through social prescribing and community health services.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question HL1977.


Written Question
Health Services: Arts
Tuesday 15th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to incorporate arts-based interventions, including dance, into future prevention and population health strategies.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question HL1977.


Written Question
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
Tuesday 15th September 2026

Asked by: Caroline Dinenage (Conservative - Gosport)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commit to a compensation scheme for women impacted by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July in response to Question 16121.