Online Petitions to the UK Parliament

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

The UK Petitions platform is a web-based platform for starting petitions, mobilizing supporters, and working with decision makers to drive legislative solutions to issues of common interest. The government responds to all petitions with more than 10,000 signatures, whereas petitions with a 100,000 signatures are to be considered by the petitions committee for debate in the parliament.

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Institution

UK Government