Rejected petition We petition for the portrait of Sir Alan Turing to be used on the UK £50 note.

A first-class honours graduate in Mathematics, from Cambridge. His work at Bletchley Park helped shorten the second World War by two years and saved millions of lives. His work on early computers and the development of the Turing Test places him amongst the greatest twentieth-century scientists.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Bank notes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.

You can find out how the Bank decides who will be on bank notes here:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/selection.aspx

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

Date submitted 1 December 2018
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