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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...