Question follow-through · 59036

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of smartphone bans in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on educational attainment.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
13 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of smartphone bans in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on educational attainment.

  2. 13 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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