Petitions (UK Government and Parliament)
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
[Petitions] provides a government-backed online platform that lets UK citizens and residents start petitions, sign petitions, receive government responses, and, if thresholds are met, have petitions debated in Parliament.
Target Customer
British citizens and UK residents who want to start or sign petitions; Members of Parliament and government/Parliamentary staff who respond to petitions and manage debates.
Key Differentiator
Official, government-backed petitions platform with transparent petition lifecycle (signatures thresholds for government response and parliamentary debate), integrated with ParliamentLive debates and transcripts, and data export capabilities.
Implementation Timeline
Petitions run for 6 months. A petition reaches 10,000 signatures to receive a government response, and 100,000 signatures to be considered for a parliamentary debate. Example: a petition noted a 22-day window before a debate date for a specific petition; a government response was provided on 2 October 2025 for one petition; some petitions may have debates scheduled within weeks after thresholds are met.
Pain Points
- 1Lack of formal, transparent mechanism for citizens to raise issues with government
- 2Unclear progress and outcomes for citizen petitions
- 3Difficulty accessing government responses and parliamentary debate related to petitions
Key Features
- 1Searchable petitions catalog with open, recent, closed, and rejected petitions
- 2Petition signing by the public (citizens or UK residents) and tracking of signature milestones
- 3Government responses for petitions that reach 10,000+ signatures
- 4Debate consideration for petitions that reach 100,000 signatures
- 5Access to debates and transcripts (parliamentlive.tv and parliament.uk)
- 6Polls/datasets such as geographical signature breakdown by constituency (data exportable in JSON format)
- 7Petition lifecycle indicators (e.g., time to debate, government response status, etc.)
- 8Common petition actions: start a petition, view a petition’s progress, view responses and transcripts
Target Customer Industries
Client Results
- 1169 petitions from the current Parliament have received a government response
- 220 petitions from the current Parliament have been debated in the House of Commons
- 3All petitions (7,739) with Open (1,818) and other statuses as of the pages
- 4Awaiting government response (14); Government responses (169); Awaiting a debate in Parliament (19); Debated in Parliament (23); Not debated in Parliament (0)
Competitive Advantages
- 1Official, government-backed platform ensuring legitimacy and visibility
- 2Direct government responses and potential parliamentary debates tied to petition milestones
- 3Transparency in petition status, responses, and debate outcomes
- 4Publicly accessible data and integration with parliamentary debates (parliamentlive.tv) and transcripts
- 5Data export capability (JSON format) for petition data
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
Official online petitions platform that enables UK citizens and residents to start petitions, sign petitions, receive government responses, and potentially be debated in Parliament.
Target Market
UK residents and British citizens who wish to influence public policy through petitions; government and parliamentary bodies that respond to petitions and manage debates.
Unique Value Proposition
A transparent, official channel from citizen petition to government response and parliamentary debate, with live debate access, transcripts, and machine-readable petition data.
Technical Requirements
Cookies-enabled website; JSON data export availability for petition data; integration with ParliamentLive for viewing debates; standard Open Government Licence for content reuse
Pricing Model
Not disclosed on the provided pages; typical use appears free for petition signing and creation; no explicit pricing information
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