Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences

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Dear Oxfordshire County 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. Could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-4 for the previous school year (2017-2018)?

Yours faithfully,

Naomi Aharony

Joint Commissioning FOI, Oxfordshire County Council

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Our reference: 15961 FOI

 

Dear Ms Aharony,

 

Thank you for your correspondence received on 22 October 2019 in which you
asked for the following information:

 

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.         Could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-4 for the
previous school year (2017-2018)?

 

 

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Joint Commissioning FOI, Oxfordshire County Council

Our reference: 15961 FOI

 

Dear Ms Naomi Aharony,

 

Thank you for your request of 22^nd October 2019 in which you asked for
information about Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences. 
Please find our response to your questions below in bold:

 

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

o Could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-4 for the
previous school year (2017-2018)?

 

A: Persistent lateness (arriving after the register has been taken)

 

2017/2018: 0 

2018/2019: 0

 

B: Unauthorised leave in term time (e.g. being taken out of school for
holiday)

 

2017/2018: 90

2018/2019: 102

 

C: Delayed return from authorised leave

 

Oxfordshire County Council does not hold this information.

 

D: General unauthorised absence/truancy (including parentally condoned
absence)

 

2017/2018: 69

2018/2019: 50

 

2.How many FPNs have not been paid within the 21-day allocated time frame?

 

2017/2018:4

2018/2019: 6

 

3.How many FPNs have not been paid within the 28-day allocated time frame,
and subsequently gone to court?

 

2017/2018: 28

2018/2019: 4

 

4.How much revenue has been collected from FPNs between September 2018 -
July 2019?

 

2017/2018: £6,240

2018/2019: £9,145

 

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