Department of Children’s Services
Aiming High for Children
Directorate Office
Future House
Bolling Road
Langford
Bradford
BD4 7EB
Tel: (01274) 385901
Fax: (01274) 385951
Email: xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Ref: FOI ENQ00494
Date: 13 March 2014
Dear Langford
Further to your request for information about attendance penalty notices, which was received on
13 February 2014 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please find the information you
requested below:
Section 444 of the 1996 Education Act and subsequent amendments give statutory powers to local
education authorities to ensure that children attend school and are given an education. I am
interested in the number of attendance penalty notices that have been issued since 31/08/13 to
date
Total Number of Penalty Notices issued since 31/08/13 to date (05/03/14) is 692.
The number of these penalty notices that relate to students from private fee paying schools and
those penalty notices that relate to students from public sector schools.
The number of these penalty notices that relate to students from private fee paying schools is 0.
The number of these penalty notices that relate to students from public sector schools is 692.
I am aware of s12, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the £450 cost ceiling and ask the request
be expanded to any penalty notices issued between 01/09/12-31/08/13 be included if this does not
breech the £450 cost limit
The number of Penalty Notices issued between 01/09/12 and 31/08/13 is 503.
If you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for a review of this decision by contacting
xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or by writing to Freedom of Information, 5th Floor, Britannia House, Hall Ings,
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1HX.
Department of Children’s Services - Aiming High for Children
If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you have the right of appeal to
the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700 URL: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
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Tracey Parry
Senior Education Liaison Officer