{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/625982.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":625982,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Abolish the Public Duty Costs Allowance","background":"Abolish the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) scheme with immediate effect.","additional_details":"PDCA was introduced in '91 to assist former Prime Ministers still active in public life, allowing them all to claim up to £115,000 p.a. from the public purse, over and above their pension and other earnings. But the landscape has changed and become more lucrative; it is hard to imagine any former PM needing this pay-out. With seven living former PMs, abolishing the PDCA could save the public purse in excess of £1 million per year, as well as right a moral wrong at a time of widespread austerity.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2022-10-20T13:58:40.364Z","updated_at":"2022-10-24T14:10:43.702Z","rejected_at":"2022-10-24T14:10:42.255Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-10-20T15:16:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:\r\n\r\nAbolish the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) for former Prime Ministers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/625940"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}