Give out £30 vouchers to low income families for food supplies

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

It’s appalling of what the government has supplied for children to eat in ten days. The petty portions of food, the half peppers and onions, the small sandwich bags of pasta and rice. A parent could get so much more for £30 to fend for in ten days.

Petitions after petitions to get the governments attention to deal with low income families who struggle without the free school meals for their children during this pandemic. The day after photographs of the food THEY have supplied is unacceptable for a young child to eat for TEN days. Giving vouchers of the so said £30 would benefit low income families more than the pathetic amount the government has been supplying for our children.

Why it was rejected

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

The national voucher scheme to provide meals to children eligible for free school meals during lockdown reopened on Monday 18th January. Schools are able to claim back support provided through lunch parcels or locally arranged vouchers since 4th January from the Department for Education.

See:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools#national-voucher-scheme

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Timeline

13 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
21 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Jan 2021

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