For Parliament to debate the £4.3b writing off of fraudulent Covid claims.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The chancellor has announced he is writing off £4.3b of fraudulent claims made by companies during the Covid pandemic. We believe that as these are public funds & set against the governments insistance at prosecuting all other benefit fraud we believe this is wholly wrong.

It is important that all public money is accounted for and where cases of fraud are suspected that these are fully investigated and where necessary offenders prosecuted in the courts. This is vital to maintain public trust and it a matter of public interest.

Why it was rejected

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

Fraud in the coronavirus grant scheme was already debated by the House of Commons on Tuesday 18 January; https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-18/debates/73B2C7CB-612F-466E-8066-B375A1B27087/CoronavirusGrantSchemesFraud

If you want the Government to review this decision, or increase funding to pursue fraudulent claims under this scheme, we could accept a petition requesting this.

Timeline

18 Jan 2022	Petition opened for signatures
24 Jan 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Jan 2022

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