Petition · past parliament

Student should also be able to access funds and support during this pandemic.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Full time students need financial support, we are already going to be in debt due to our commitment to study via student loan. Due to the coronavirus (covid-19)we could face more debts.There is no support for most students, our Universal credit applications are being declined as full time students!
There are student who used to work and who are unable to work now due to the pandemic and them being part of the venerable group. Students still have bills to pay, to relay on the loan which comes every 4 months it isn’t possible. How will we survive April?There isn’t enough financial support for students especially vulnerable ones during the pandemic !Help us bring this to the attention of the government, we full time students should also be able to access universal credit or financial support.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Allow full time students to claim universal credit during the Covid-19 pandemic

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

11 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 May 2020

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