Reason 4 Change campaigns to change rehabilitation period lengths.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Reason 4 Change is asking for a new ‘case by case’ filtering system for individuals with historical convictions.

Once a significant period has past, no further offences have been committed and the individual is clearly completely rehabilitated, there needs to be eligibility for a ‘spent’ status.

Life time unnecessary disclosure causes sustained upset, distress and humiliation. Being asked for disclosure of convictions for such things as car and home insurance creates regular stress and anxiety for many individuals.

Applications which are NOT exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 still have the right to ask this question which in turn raises unnecessary discrimination. The current situation is causing unfair discrimination and separation.

There is real Reason 4 change

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's clear that you care about rehabilitation periods, but it's not clear how exactly you'd like them to change. In particular, we're not sure what you mean by "a significant period" or "clearly completely rehabilitated".

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

2 Apr 2018	Petition opened for signatures
16 Apr 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Apr 2018

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