Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office
Publish a cost benefit analysis of Covid-19 restrictions, including lockdown
Closed
1,326 signatures
What the petition asks
This should cover short and long term impacts on: economy, GDP, jobs, investments; increased deaths from other causes; societal impacts; mental health impacts; analysis on quality of life lost vs length of life. Long term relationship between the above (eg. impact of economic downturn on mortality).
To date the government hasn’t published much information on the cost:benefit of Covid-19 restrictions, including the lockdown. We believe that these restrictions and decisions do not adequately factor in the impacts outside of covid. Many people believe that the negative impact of restrictions outweighs those of the virus in terms of long term negative impact.
Timeline
| 19 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 May 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,326
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
19 Nov 2020
Closed
19 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.