This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Monies received in tuition fees are the responsibility of the recipient university, and not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300925

The Government has also said that the the NHS will get whatever extra resources it needs to cope with coronavirus: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/budget-speech-2020

We have also published a number of petitions calling on the Government to reimburse university students because of the impact of strikes and coronavirus, which you might like to sign:

Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302855

Require universities to reimburse students' tuition fees during strike action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300528

Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304855

Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306494

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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/