Widen the criteria for the £500 student payment to include Level 3 students.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Level three students have had just the same amount of disruption as level 4+ students due to covid19. They should be eligible for the £500 payout whether at regional colleges or Grammar school.

They have had the same amount of disruption- same extra expenses. Having to purchase technology, better Internet connection etc. The social impact on them has been just as devastating as L4+ students. Why have they been excluded?

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Your petition seems to be about the £500 Covid Disruption Payment for students studying in Northern Ireland. This is something that the Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly, not the UK Government or House of Commons, is responsible for.

If you want to raise this issue you could contact your MLA, or raise it with the Northern Ireland Executive.

You can find contact details for your MLAs here: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/

You can find contact details for the departments of the Northern Ireland Executive here: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland

Timeline

1 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
13 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Apr 2021

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