Give extra payments to eligible families for energy bills while homeschooling.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament need to discuss a way to make one off support payments to eligible families for their heating and electricity bills, on top of the Warm Homes discount. Warm Homes discount is given on the basis that children are at school in the week, and costs for electricity and heating would be less.

Vulnerable families and those on low incomes are having to pay significantly higher costs towards heating and electricity whilst their children are homeschooling. Extortionate energy costs already force poorer families to choose between food and heating/electricity. During these difficult times, when incomes are already stretched, the extra burden of energy should be supported by the government.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

If you want all families home-schooling children to receive help with their energy bills you might like to sign this petition: Introduce a Winter fuel payment for all parents home-schooling during lockdown.

If you only want the Government to provide these payments to people on low incomes or receiving certain benefits you could start a new petition stating more clearly what support you want to be provided, and who to.

Timeline

15 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jan 2021

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