Suspend Student Loans during the Covid-19 Crisis

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Force the student loans company to suspend payments during the Covid-19 crisis.

Across the land people are facing possible financial insecurity, by suspending student loans on a temporary basis those who pay will have extra to put back into the economy and provide some additional money to ensure households can carry on.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Freeze student loan payments and interest accrual for Covid-19

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/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

21 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Apr 2020

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