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Instead of sending young people to prison, send them to do military service

Submitted by Stuart Beattie on Monday 23rd December 2024

Published on Wednesday 5th March 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 5th September 2025

Signatures: 74

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Change ~ Cost ~ Essential ~ Outlook ~ Prevent ~ Prison ~ Replace ~ Sending ~ sentence ~ skills ~ Tax ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 74 signatures in total, with signatories from 63 constituencies. That makes it the 24,718th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 22% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 4% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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