Submitted on Friday 10th March 2023
Rejected on Tuesday 14th March 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) should continue to collect Covid 19 data
The ONS currently provides limited data on Covid 19, based on hospital collected figures, including bed occupancy, cases arriving and cases acquired in hospitals, this is the only remaining data the UK has on a live pandemic as all other useful data collection was ceased.
The Covid19 data is important as the Pandemic is not over,
The data is used to understand our current level of risk from Covid 19 and continuous monitoring is currently the only way to do this.
The fight against covid 19 is far from over and we cannot fight it or avoid it if we do not understand that level of risk.
It is unacceptable that Government should stop proving this data, it was said we should follow the science, but it appears we are now avoiding the science instead.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
The Office for National Statistics is independent of Government, so deciding whether to continue to run this survey is an operational decision for the ONS.
You can also see the official UK government website for data and insights on coronavirus (COVID-19) here: coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
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