Baroness Howe of Idlicote – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Howe of Idlicote on 2015-12-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how a child is defined within the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

Baroness Shields

For the purposes of protecting children from viewing or listening to unsuitable material, section one of the Broadcasting Code defines children as those aged under fifteen years. For the purporses of safeguarding children involved in programmes, the Code protects all young people under the age of eighteen.