Petition · past parliament
Relax school fines from September due to coronavirus.
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Relax the school fines for taking children out of school for holidays after going back to school while the pandemic is currently controlling our lives.
Due to coronavirus many families have had to cancel, rebook and postpone family holidays both in the uk and abroad.
Many company’s are offering familys to rebook for a date when they will be allowed to reopen rather then taking a refund which will not help businesses stay afloat.
Most of these holidays are going to have to be moved to term time holidays Due to parents needing to take annual leave and the cost of holidays now increasing due to demand.
Parents and children have suffered enough in this pandemic without having to now worry about extra financial burdens!
Many company’s are offering familys to rebook for a date when they will be allowed to reopen rather then taking a refund which will not help businesses stay afloat.
Most of these holidays are going to have to be moved to term time holidays Due to parents needing to take annual leave and the cost of holidays now increasing due to demand.
Parents and children have suffered enough in this pandemic without having to now worry about extra financial burdens!
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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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/
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 find 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
| 19 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.