Submitted on Tuesday 16th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Ensure free ‘school’ meal vouchers are available over July and August
I ask that the government continues to offer each eligible child a free ‘school’ meal voucher that exceeds what it pays to schools for free school meals (due to not bulk buying) throughout the months of July and August to mitigate the negative impact of growing deprivation worsened by Covid-19.
There were with 1.5 million claims made to Universal Credit in the period 13 March 2020 to 9 April 2020 alone. This is over 6 times more than in the same period last year and the most in a single month since the introduction of Universal Credit in April 2013. People on Universal Credit increased by 40% in one month. With the UK's children already having some of the worst food security in the EU, the above statistic can only have a worsening effect on child poverty.
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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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