Pupils: Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 94479 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her internal Departmental assessments of the potential impact of smartphones on children in schools.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 18 Dec 2025
Mobile phones have no place in school. 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 and lu...