Petition · past parliament

Write off tuition fee debt for NHS staff and teachers working on the front line

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Last week, Matthew Hancock wrote off NHS debt to allow NHS trusts to get on with building capacity to cope with the Covid-19 crisis.
I ask the government to write off tuition fee debt for those working in all NHS professions and those working in the teaching profession & others on the front line
We are all rightly proud of the NHS and our teachers, supermarket workers, delivery workers, freight drivers, police, fire and other front line emergency services.
A fitting thank you from the government would be the write off of the tuition fee costs involved in allowing these people to qualify to do their roles.
This should include NHS professionals and teachers where it was necessary to obtain that qualification to perform their role and in the case of drivers, should include training fees.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

5 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Jun 2020

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