Children under 16 could be banned from buying mobile phones under new plans trends now
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Ministers are considering banning mobile phone sales to children under 16 years old, it has emerged.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology are discussing the measure - backed by the majority of parents and some Tory MPs - to enable greater parental empowerment, according to government insiders.
Mobile phones have already been banned in schools in a bid to minimise disruption and improve behaviour in classrooms.
But ministers are now considering going further as part of a range of measures to protect children, with discussions believed to be in their early stages before a consultation.
A Government source said: 'There is increasing evidence that technology and social media is changing childhood. The Cass review shows that children's early exposure to pornography might be one of the things that is driving the rapid rise in children
