Submitted on Saturday 8th January 2022
Rejected on Friday 14th January 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make access to the 1921 census available to all citizens at affordable cost.
The 1921 census has recently been published, but the system of micropayments being operated by the contractor, Findmypast, means that effective access is only available to thos with extensive funding or with direct access to the National Archive at Kew or one of the fewdesignated libraries.
We knew that once the 1921 census was made public, access would (initially) be via a charged service, to allow the contractors to recover the cost of the digitisation process. It was assumed that this would be via a subscription based service licenced to the various Genealogy database providers. It is now apparent that online access is only availabe via a system that is too expensive for genuine access. Access should either be granted on an affordable subscription or via all public libraries.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/605431
3.128.199.175 Fri, 17 May 2024 22:33:34 +0100
