Fixed Penalty Notices for Anauthorised School Absences

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Dear Arun District Council,

I would like to request the following data under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

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)?

Yours faithfully,

Naomi Aharony

Infomanagement, Arun District Council

Dear Ms Aharony

Thank you for your Information Request below.

Please be advised that Arun District Council is not the local authority responsible for Schools/Education within the area. The responsible authority is West Sussex County Council and therefore your request should be directed to:

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If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been handled, you can write, within the next two months, to the Information Management Team at: Arun District Council, Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5LF (email [Arun District Council request email]).

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Yours sincerely,

Information Management Team
Arun District Council

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