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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...