Submitted on Monday 15th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Ensure that all children get a hot meal each day
We urge the government to reconsider their decision to remove the meal vouchers for children who receive free school meals. Please sign and share if you believe that all children deserve at least one hot meal a day.
More than 1.3 million children in England rely on free school meals. Recently, families who were entitled to these meals had been given £15 a week per child to feed the children at home.
With millions now facing redundancy and job loses, some parents cannot guarantee they are able to provide their children with a hot meal each day.
Some of the most vulnerable members of society are now going hungry to ensure that their children have something to eat and in some cases, this is still not enough.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition, the Government has extended the voucher scheme to cover the school summer holidays. For more information visit: www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-summer-food-fund.
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 find 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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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