Petition · past parliament

Require & fund schools and collages to adopt stronger covid 19 safety measures.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Adopt aduquate safety measures in line with Independent Sage's safe school report produced on 27th Nov 2020. To mitigate the risk to children, teachers and their families. COVID-19 can be fatal for some and the affects of long covid are still largely unknown
Government should consider the recent further evidence available from ons, nhs and university's. Children are contracting coronavirus and bringing infection home and into the wider community. In order to provide education safely for all children, urgent further safety measures are required in education settings. Schools need more space, mechanical ventilation and aduquate technology for blended learning in order to allow for these changes. Many more recommedations all need more 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 which calls for the same action: Fully fund schools for Covid-19 costs and provide relief for loss of income

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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

8 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
15 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Dec 2020

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