Question follow-through · 97536
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide advice and support for headteachers to transition to a smartphone free school.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide advice and support for headteachers to transition to a smartphone free school.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
Mobile phones have no place in schools. The department’s 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, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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