Question follow-through · 907334
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smart phones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smart phones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
Mobile phones have no place in our schools.Calm, consistent, distraction-free classroom environments benefit all children.This government is closely monitoring the problem of phones in schools, working closely with the sector.We will always take the right...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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