Wayne Pearsall
Business Support
Resources Group
Warwickshire County Council
Shire Hall, Warwick, CV34 4RL
Email xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Please ask for Charlotte Mackin
Our ref: 5453232
Your ref:
Date: 9 March 2020
Dear Wayne Pearsall
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Warwickshire County Council. I
have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
Freedom of Information request - School absence penalty charges. Where is the
money?
"Sums received by local education authorities:
23.'(1) The functions of a local education authority specified for the purposes of section
444A(6)(1) of the 1996 Act and section 105(5) of the 2006 Act are issuing and enforcing
penalty notices, and prosecuting recipients who do not pay.
(2) To the extent that sums received by a local education authority are not used for the
purposes of the functions specified in paragraph (1), they must be paid to the Secretary
of State."
The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007 https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.go
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forights%40warwickshire.gov.uk%7C816df6ae31c74637623608d7b9d75fac%7C88b0a
a0659274bbba89389cc2713ac82%7C0%7C1%7C637182207098778989&sdata=Vc9d
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Please provide the following information.
1) To date year on year, how much money has the local authority collected from parents
under The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007?
Academic Year Total Collected (£)
2011-12 2,250.00
2012-13 2,190.00
2013-14 11,400.00
2014-15 18,780.00
2015-16 21,900.00
2016-17 9,840.00
2017-18 33,900.00
2018-19 40,140.00
2019-20 to 31.12.2019 17,520.00
2) On what dates and how much money have you made payments to forward this
money into the secretary of state's accounts?
No payments have been made to the secretary of state’s accounts between 2011 and
2019.
3) What is the current balance of the monies that is still owed to the secretary of state?
Nil.
4) Is this money kept in its own account or mixed with other authority funds?
The money collected from parents under the Education (Penalty Notices) (England)
Regulations 2007 is held within the Warwickshire Attendance Service accounts.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an
internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 days of the date
of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Information Management
Shire Hall
Warwick
CV34 4RL
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Phone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
I will now close your request as of this date.
Yours faithfully
Charlotte Mackin
Business Support Team Leader