Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom will have the primary role in the data provision and analysis of the forthcoming consultation on advertising restrictions.

DCMS and DHSC will jointly consult on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV and similar protection for children viewing adverts online. The consultation will be launched before the end of the year. We are working with a range of stakeholders including Ofcom, the Advertising Standards Authority and the National Institute for Health Research Obesity Policy Research Unit to understand how the evidence base for action in these areas develops and will provide more detail in due course.