Submitted on Monday 17th April 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 25th April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Allow women to apply for UKSF.
At the moment, women cannot apply to join for the UK Special Forces.
I am young and it is my dream to one day be in the SAS, however I am prohibited from doing so merely because I am female.
The fact that women can't join UKSF doesn't make sense, because if they are fit and clever enough, why should the fact that they are a woman prevent them from joining?
Women should be at least able to participate in selection and if they prove to be less fit or less intelligent than their male counterparts then it will be evident that they will not get in.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
In 2016, the Prime Minister announced that women would be allowed to serve in all close combat roles, including roles in the Special Forces, by the end of 2018. This means that women will be able to apply to serve in the Special Forces by the end of 2018. We're therefore not sure what more you would like the UK Government or Parliament to do.
To find out more about this announcement, you can click on the link below:
www.gov.uk/government/news/ban-on-women-in-ground-close-combat-roles-lifted
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