{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/34249.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":34249,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"School Admissions Abuse","background":null,"additional_details":"Every year primary and secondary school places are awarded to people who lie and/or commit fraud to obtain a place. Common frauds as identified by the Schools Adjudicator are: pretending a relatives address is your own; short term rentals or tenancy agreements; using an address owned by the parents but not their home address; swapping addresses with friends.\r\nEvery school place obtained by deception deprives another child with a legitimate claim to that place.\r\nThe government must take action including tackling fraud robustly by\r\n-imposing fines and custodial sentences on parents found to be fraudulent or misleading even after term has started;\r\n-where families move from properties they own to a short term let, the presumption should be that this was for the school place unless the family can evidence an alternative reason;\r\n-sibling policies should be modified for families who move away from their short term let or other arrangement without good reason.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-05-22T14:13:18.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:11.016Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:38:33.594Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-05-22T14:13:18.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}