A consultation on screen use by under-16s will consider whether parents should be given advice on the appropriate age for children to be allowed to use a phone.

Parents could be warned against buying their children a smartphone until they reach secondary school under plans being drawn up by ministers.

A consultation on screen use by under-16s will consider whether parents should be given advice on the appropriate age for children to be allowed to use a phone.

Amid reports the Government is set to unveil a watered-down social media ban for under-16s, do you think they should be banned from using social media?