Question follow-through · 85712
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of schools' implementation of her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of schools' implementation of her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
Departmental guidance on mobile phones in schools, published in February 2024, is clear that schools should prohibit the use of devices with smart technology throughout the school day, including during lessons, transitions and breaks.The department expect...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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