Stop the proposal of child benefit being removed if child doesn't attend school

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

STOP Michael Gove's proposal in stopping child benefit to many low income families where a child/young person fails to attend school. When did education co-inside with entitled benefits to vunerable families? You are taking food out of the mouths of the lowest incomes in a cost of living crisis.

There is many reasons why children/young persons don't or can't attend school often for many valid reasons ie bullying, a childs mental health worsening, no school placements available, unsuitable schools for child's SEN needs, undiagnosed children/young persons who struggle in school ,physical or Mental Health disabilities, hospital appointments to go to, children/young persons in hospitial, terminally ill, childhood illnesses but can't see a GP because all appointments have gone at 8am!

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It has been reported that Michael Gove discussed the idea of stopping Child Benefit when a child was persistently absent from school, but this is not Government policy.

We therefore cannot accept a petition calling for this policy to be stopped, because it is not Government policy.

Timeline

1 Mar 2023	Petition opened for signatures
3 Mar 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Mar 2023

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