Rejected petition Make PPE mandatory for school workers

Make PPE mandatory for all school workers.

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With schools going back in phases it is imperative that school workers are protected, they are key workers working very closely with children that do not understand social distancing, they must wear PPE to protect themselves and those they live with.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Guidance on Covid-19 and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is a matter for Public Health England, and not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Give All Schools Protective Equipment to help protect staff from the Coronavirus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306347

Make COVID19 testing available to teaching staff caring for pupils: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305423

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://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: https://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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 13 May 2020
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