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Reference:          8127

Title: Penalties for unauthorised school absence

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Please see below for our response.

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Emma

Information Governance Team

Canterbury City Council

Reference:          8127

Title: Penalties for unauthorised school absence

Date of reply:      29 October 2019  

Request:

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

•    Persistent lateness (arriving after the register has been taken)
•    Unauthorised leave in term time (e.g. being taken out of school
for holiday)
•    Delayed return from authorised leave
•    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?

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

Our response:

Thank you for your freedom of information request. However please note
that Canterbury City Council have no responsibility for the information
you have requested in respect of schools.  I believe the relevant
authority for your enquiry is Kent County Council who are responsible for
education services for the district. 

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Phone: 
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