Submitted on Wednesday 1st March 2023
Rejected on Friday 3rd March 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop the proposal of child benefit being removed if child doesn't attend school
STOP Michael Gove's proposal in stopping child benefit to many low income families where a child/young person fails to attend school. When did education co-inside with entitled benefits to vunerable families? You are taking food out of the mouths of the lowest incomes in a cost of living crisis.
There is many reasons why children/young persons don't or can't attend school often for many valid reasons ie bullying, a childs mental health worsening, no school placements available, unsuitable schools for child's SEN needs, undiagnosed children/young persons who struggle in school ,physical or Mental Health disabilities, hospital appointments to go to, children/young persons in hospitial, terminally ill, childhood illnesses but can't see a GP because all appointments have gone at 8am!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It has been reported that Michael Gove discussed the idea of stopping Child Benefit when a child was persistently absent from school, but this is not Government policy.
We therefore cannot accept a petition calling for this policy to be stopped, because it is not Government policy.
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