Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 1st April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Increase Student Loan for term 2 where students have lost income due to Covid-19
Most students live off Zero-Hour contracts. The recent cancellations due to Covid-19 have caused many to lose vital income.
Students are calling the government and Student Finance England, SFE, to 'top-up' their student loans for term 2. This will allow students to continue studying into next term
Students rely on their termly loans and various other sources to enable them to study and live their everyday lives - some student loans are as low as £3124 per year! This is not enough to live on without extra paid work.
Without additional support in this uncertain time, students need resources to continue studying, any disruption to studying can cause long term effects both at individual and industrial scales.
Investing in students at this time should be a prime priority!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The payment of student loans is a matter for the Student Loans Company and Student Finance England, not the Government or Parliament.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302855
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to freeze student loan payments and interest accrual for Covid-19, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308579
We understand that the current situation is stressful for many people, including students. Student Minds, a mental health charity for students, is collating guidance and developing resources to support students experiencing stress as a result of the current situation, which you may find useful: www.studentminds.org.uk/coronavirus.html
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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