Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

List all UK security personnel as "Key Workers" during the current crisis.

Closed 48 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government urgently needs to add "Security Industry Personnel" to the list of "Key Workers", recently defined in the latest guidance on the Corvid-19 crisis.
Security industry personnel play a vital role in protecting critical infrastructure, businesses and indeed shops and supermarkets, now facing very real public order issues.

Without their children remaining in full time education and facing possible restrictions on their movements, we face a situation where empty businesses may be unprotected, intruder alarm activations may go unattended, and the beleaguered Police Service may no longer be able to look to the private sector for support.

Timeline

30 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Oct 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 48
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 30 Apr 2020
Closed 30 Oct 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.