Jo Platt

28 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that primary and secondary care services have the capacity and expertise to meet demand for Long COVID assessment and treatment.

28 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure ICBs standardise Long COVID care across regions.

28 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure doctors and hospital staff receive adequate training and up-to-date awareness on Long-COVID and related post-viral conditions.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sheltered Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanded Integrated Retirement Community provision on NHS and social care expenditure.

16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with SEND are out of education.

16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that individual needs are assessed and met through Specialist Provision Packages.

16 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a joint workforce plan with the Department for Health and Social Care to support sustainability of Experts at Hand service.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the reuse and retrofitting of existing buildings as a lower carbon alternative to demolition and new build construction.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the need for (a) station upgrades and (b) improved integration between national rail services and devolved transport systems in order to support increased capacity and

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Northern Powerhouse Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to consult and communicate with the North’s (a) mayoral combined authorities, (b) local authorities and (b) local stakeholders and communities on the planning and

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to publish her Department’s economic forecast on the impact of Northern Powerhouse Rail and the Liverpool–Manchester Railway on (a) regional productivity, (b) labour market access and (c) job and skills creatio

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Patient Choice Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider a nationally defined prescribing pathway for ADHD within Right to Choose services.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on the High Streets Strategy; and whether that strategy will include illicit trade on high streets.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of illegal trade on high streets and communities.

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to outline what interim arrangements will be put in place to ensure care and support for people with very severe ME, following the decision to pause development of a national specialist service for

26 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Buildings: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing VAT on the repair, maintenance and retrofit of existing buildings on (a) the viability of bringing older high-street and town-centre buildings back in

26 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered moving from a term-time funding model to a year-round model for early years entitlements.

26 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) recruitment, (b) retention, (c) career progression and (d) workload in the early years workforce.

17 Mar 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Defence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 on Northern Ireland.

6 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to financially support retail and hospitality businesses on the high street.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what action the Department is taking to [a] raise awareness, [b] improve support, and [c] tackle women's heart health.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including cardiovascular disease in the Government's Women's Health Strategy.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Housing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of disapplying VAT for the conversion of non-residential buildings into accommodation.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Shops

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking the tackle the number of vacant properties on high streets.

10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Supported Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support housing-with-care for older people.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Department can outline the length and mechanism for delivery of the new mandatory safeguarding learning programme for the NHS workforce.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tourette's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider Tourette's in its Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Injuries: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making injury-related pension enhancement and compensation elements protected within divorce settlements.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will consider recognising Long Covid as an occupational disease.

27 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in response to Question tabled on 15 December 2025, UIN 99871, if the Government can outline what steps are being taken to ensure the needs of people with severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis are adequ