Submitted on Sunday 29th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 13th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Cancel the Prime Minister sending a letter to every household about Covid-19
It was announced today that the Prime Minister is going to send a letter and leaflet to every household in the UK about the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a waste of resources - financial, those of the Royal Mail, and the postal delivery service.
The cost of this is estimated to be £5.3m, which could be better spent on frontline support to deal with the pandemic.
Most people have access to television, radio, social media or mobile phones. The media has been flooding people with this information, and the letter has already been published online, so there is no point sending it.
The benefit of most methods is that people can access information in their preferred language, whereas it is likely that the letter will only be sent in English.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has already sent a letter about coronavirus to every home. You could start a new petition calling on the Government to only communicate via electronic means during the coronavirus outbreak, because of the cost and potential risks of letters.
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/
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