This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Make it so people under 18 still count as a child for public transport fares.
Rejected on
it is a legal requirement to stay in education until you’re 18 yet at 16 you’re expected to pay adult public transport fares. Even if the Child does have a job it is very likely to be payed minimum wage of £4.20. The child to adult prices double and yet the minimum wage stays the same.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/263639
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.