Petition · past parliament
Make it illegal for parents to withold details of a Mental Health diagnosis.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Every child with an illness or disability should have the right to recieve appropiate help and support. Unfortunatly, some parents have been told that their chilld has a Mental Health diagnosis, for example Autism, and have kept this to private. This is significant abuse, and should be criminalised.
Where this happens, innocent children are missing out on axcess to support, and as such their whole childhood's and adult lives are negitively impacted.
This is Child Abuse/Neglect, and should be recognised in Law and punishable.
Where we can show that a parent recieved notification of a Mental Health illness for their child, yet never told the child, other family members or school etc , we should treat this as a Criminal Offence punishable with Imprisonment.
No child should be denied help.
This is Child Abuse/Neglect, and should be recognised in Law and punishable.
Where we can show that a parent recieved notification of a Mental Health illness for their child, yet never told the child, other family members or school etc , we should treat this as a Criminal Offence punishable with Imprisonment.
No child should be denied help.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about children diagnosed with mental health problems not receiving the support they need, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
It is already a criminal offence to ill-treat or neglect a child, but it is up the Crown Prosecution and courts to decide whether to take action against parents or other individuals for suspected ill-treatment or neglect.
We understand that you are concerned about children diagnosed with mental health problems not receiving the support they need, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
It is already a criminal offence to ill-treat or neglect a child, but it is up the Crown Prosecution and courts to decide whether to take action against parents or other individuals for suspected ill-treatment or neglect.
Timeline
| 2 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.