| Heading: |
Internet: Safety |
| Question ID: |
1804847 |
| UIN: |
53977 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4657 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Anneliese Dodds
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Anneliese Dodds
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) children and (b) adults who access the internet through a virtual private network. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The Government does not hold this information. However, Ofcom’s Technology Tracker (2024) indicates that 30% of the UK’s population over 16 years old has connected to the internet using a virtual private network (VPN) for work, education or other purposes... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |