{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/60281.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":60281,"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":"Change the School Holiday pattern","background":null,"additional_details":"This is a request for the government to change the current pattern of National School Holidays (can only be implemented by the dept. of Education)\r\nWe want the government to:\r\n- Reduce the school Summer Holidays to 4 Weeks (currently 6 weeks)\r\n- Increase the Christmas Holidays to 4 weeks (Currently 2 weeks)\r\n\r\nIt will not only markedly improve school attendance as parents will have better choice in deciding when to take their children for a holiday, it will also prevent missed school days lost due to usual extreme weather in January.\r\nAlso, 6 weeks over summer is too long for some children/ young people to remain out of formal education and inevitably gives rise to them getting into trouble.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2014-02-05T13:14:13.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:42.209Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:43:25.068Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2014-02-05T13:14:13.000Z","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":"irrelevant","details":"Http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/attendance/a00221847/school-day-school-year"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}