Petition · past parliament
Reduce costs for the travel test package
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Reduce costs for travel test package to entering in the Uk. 210£ it’s way to expensive. Average of a COVID test is around 40£. Why do we need to pay 210£ to entering the country and come back to our home?
Reduce the cost of travel test package. I have residency in London. I own a house in London and to come back to my house I have to pay more then 500£ (Flights, travel test package and COVID test before entering the country). This is very discriminatory and will allow only rich people to travel.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
While the UK Government is responsible for the Test to Release scheme, the cost of any private Covid-19 tests a visitor to the UK chooses to pay for through that scheme is a matter for private providers, not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about the scheme here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-test-to-release-for-international-travel.
You could start a petition calling on the Government to fund free Covid-19 tests through the Test to Release scheme, if that is something you'd like to happen.
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 could start a petition calling on the Government to fund free Covid-19 tests through the Test to Release scheme, if that is something you'd like to happen.
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/
Timeline
| 15 Feb 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Feb 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Feb 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.