Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many hours on average (1) adults, and (2) children and young people under 18 years old, spend on (a) Facebook, (b) Instagram, (c) TikTok, and (d) snapchat, per (i) day, (ii) week, and (iii) year.

Children aged 8-14 spend 3 minutes a day on Facebook, 4 minutes on Instagram, 15 minutes on TikTok, and 45 minutes on Snapchat. This is an average of all children across the UK, based on Ofcom data.

Ofcom also indicates adults average 40 minutes a day on Facebook, 16 minutes on Instagram, 16 minutes on TikTok, and 6 minutes on Snapchat. This is an average across all UK adults.