Pupils: Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 80903 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of smartphones by pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 28 Oct 2025
Mobile phones have no place in our schools.Schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones and other smart technology with similar functionality to mobile phones throughout the school day, including during lessons, the time between lessons, breaktimes an...