Petition · past parliament

Donate student tuition fees from universities to the NHS.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Tuition fees for at LEAST one semester of this academic year should be donated to the NHS to combat COVID-19.
Students have missed over half a semester of contact hours due to strikes, and could now miss the rest of the year due to the coronavirus outbreak. Universities do not NEED this money if they are not teaching students, and the NHS would benefit hugely from the extra funding in tackling COVID-19.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Monies received in tuition fees are the responsibility of the recipient university, and not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend, which you might like to sign: Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend

The Government has also said that the the NHS will get whatever extra resources it needs to cope with coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/budget-speech-2020

We have also published a number of petitions calling on the Government to reimburse university students because of the impact of strikes and coronavirus, which you might like to sign:

Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19: Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19

Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action

Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus

Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020

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

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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

24 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Apr 2020

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