Petition · past parliament

Extend the food voucher scheme into the summer holidays.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Extend the food voucher scheme into the summer holidays for children from low income backgrounds who are eligible for free school meals.
With the current situation where a lot of families have had their income seriously curtailed there is a need to ensure this resource is not ended too soon.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Since you started your petition, the Government has extended the voucher scheme to cover the school summer holidays. For more information visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-summer-food-fund.

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

15 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
24 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Jul 2020

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