The DWP should cancel all face to face benefit appointments during the panedimc.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 the government should move DWP meetings from face to face, to over the phone and internet.

As it stands claimants must attend and sanctions are likely to apply.

Currently we are living in uncertain and worrying times. A global panedimc of Covid-19.

I am a healthy person physically. However I am largely self isolating as a means of reducing the likelihood of spreading the virus.

In the past for other reasons I have had a phone call appointment arranged and been able to email documents over.

I have a benefits meeting next week and it seems absurd to me that the British government continues to send claimants, into meetings at the Jobcentre.

Why it was rejected

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

Since you started this petition, the Government has announced it has suspended jobcentre appointments. You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-support-for-employees-benefit-claimants-and-businesses

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

15 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2020

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