Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities in Staffordshire.”
Tabled: 8 July 2026Answered: 14 July 2026
Asked by
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)
School support staff are crucial to ensuring that we give children the best possible life chances. That is why we are reinstating the school support staff negotiating body, the new national voice for some of those who do the most important work in our schools. In 2010, the Tories scrapped the body. Within our first 100 days, Labour started the legislative process to bring it back. That is because we value the vital role that support staff play in our education system.