Rejected petition: Make school dinners free for all children and young people under 18
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The Government should provide free school meals for all children and young people under the age of 18 in education.
The law requires all children to remain in education until the age of 18, yet families are expected to pay for meals while children are in compulsory education. This is unfair.
Making school meals free would:
Ensure every child has at least one nutritious hot meal per day.
Ease the cost-of-living burden.
Improve concentration, behaviour, and learning outcomes.
Promote equality, as no child is disadvantaged.
If education is compulsory, access to food during that time should be guaranteed.
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.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:
Free school meals for all children
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732029We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.