Rejected petition Continue the Office for National Statistics’ COVID-19 Infection Survey

Since mass testing stopped, the ONS’ COVID-19 Infection Survey has remained the only reliable source of information on the level of prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. population. This information has been vital to helping those who are clinically vulnerable plan around high infection rates.

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Continue funding and running the study for at least an additional year, even with a smaller population size.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

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.

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

Date submitted 10 March 2023
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