FOI request (FOIR-152736615)

Fixed Penalty Notices for Unauthorised School Absences

Requested Fri 25 October 2019
Responded Tue 05 November 2019

1. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out between September 2018 - July 2019 to parents for the following unauthorised school absences:

a. Persistent lateness (arriving after the register has been taken)

b. Unauthorised leave in term time (e.g. being taken out of school for holiday)

c. Delayed return from authorised leave

d. General unauthorised absence/truancy (including parentally condoned absence)

2. How many FPNs have not been paid within the 21 day allocated time frame?

3. How many FPNs have not been paid within the 28 day allocated time frame, and subsequently gone to court?

4. How much revenue has been collected from FPNs between September 2018 - July 2019?

5. For all of the above information, could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-4 for the previous school year (2017-2018)?

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Response

Information not held

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