Question follow-through · 116362
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of schools’ mobile phone policies in preventing disruption in learning.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of schools’ mobile phone policies in preventing disruption in learning.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Mobile phones have no place in schools. Research from the Children’s Commissioner, published in April 2025, shows that the overwhelming majority of schools, 99.8% of primary schools and 90% of secondary schools, already have policies in place that limit o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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