Fixed Penalty Notices for Anauthorised School Absences

Dear Naomi Aharony

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Response

Thank you for your request for information asking about Fixed Penalty
Notices for Unauthorised School Absences.  This request has been handled
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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service in the district. The authority responsible for Fixed Penalty
Notices for Unauthorised School Absences is West Sussex County Council;
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From: Naomi <[FOI #615378 email]>
Sent: 25 October 2019 12:12
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Fixed Penalty Notices for
Anauthorised School Absences

Dear Horsham 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

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