Question follow-through · 108975
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school policies that restrict mobile-phone use on pupil's health and safety.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school policies that restrict mobile-phone use on pupil's health and safety.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department’s new, stronger guidance on mobile phones in schools is clear that all schools should be mobile phone-free by default. Pupils should not have access to their devices during lessons, break times, lunch times, or between lessons.The guidance ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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