Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences

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Dear Staffordshire 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

Staffordshire County Council

Dear Naomi Aharony,
 
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County Council on 22/10/2019.
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Access Team

Portch, David (Corporate), Staffordshire County Council

Dear Naomi Aharony

Thank you for your request for information.

Please find information provided by the relevant service team below.

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?

The Department for Education publishes on gov.uk when the information will be made available to answer Question 1, 2 and 3 - please see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...

As this information is/will be available to you by other means it is exempt from release under sections 21 and 22 of the Freedom of Information Act.

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

£153,000 has been collected from FPNs issued in 2017/18 academic year.
£317,820 has been collected from FPNs issued in 2018/19 academic year.

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

See above

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Access Manager, Access Team, Staffordshire County Council, 2 Staffordshire Place, Stafford ST16 2DH or email [email address]

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Regards
  
David Portch

Information Governance Unit
Staffordshire County Council
1 Staffordshire Place
Stafford
ST16 2DH

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