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.
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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
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.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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