Petition · past parliament

Continue free school meals during the summer for less fortunate kids

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We want kids who aren’t fortunate enough as others to continue getting free meals during the summer holiday, may that even be one free meal a day
There’s children out there who can’t even get a meal a day and relay on that one school meal everyday, how will they survive a summer we’re they won’t even get that one meal a day, we want the government to allow kids to receive that one meal a day, may that be by giving them a voucher, or even setting up a place we’re they can collect a meal, how cold hearted can we be by not giving those kids a meal just once a day, imagine if that was your child would you like to see them suffer like that

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.