Submitted on Monday 6th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Private Schools must: *Stop charging fees *Refund any advance collected fees
Businesses are closed, jobs are scarce, parents are burdened to both work & Look after children;
With immediate effect Government must order Private & Independent Schools to:
*Stop Collecting fees
*Refund any advance collected fees
*Refund vouchers for future
(during COVID19 school closure)
Not everyone who has enrolled their children in private schools are rich.
These parents do double, triple job. Sacrifice a lot to pay those fees.
Private schools are a business by themselves. They are also customers to investment institutions. Cross - business functions.
Private schools are a means for multi-employment. It is one way a office and workplace.
All businesses and bodies along with the staffs will either way benefit from - HMRC COVID19 Support for Business.
STOP PUNISHING PARENTS
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The payment of fees for private schools are a matter for individual schools and fee-payers, not the Government or Parliament.
People who pay fees for private schools will be protected by consumer rights, and details of how to seek advice on consumer protection is available here:
www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights
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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