Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences

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Dear Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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

BCP Council Enquiries, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

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Compliance Team, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

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Dear Ms Aharony

Information Request – Freedom of Information Act

Further to your request for information received on 22 October 2019, please see our response for Questions 1 - 4 for Bournemouth & Poole attached.

Question 5. Could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-4 for the previous school year (2017-2018)? RESPONSE: Data not held; we are unable to provide comparable figures for 2017-18 as BCP Council did not exist.

Data for Christchurch before 1 April 2019 will come from Dorset, assuming you also sent your request to them.

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