Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences

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Dear Waltham Forest Borough 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

Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council, Waltham Forest Borough Council

Re: "Freedom of Information request - Fixed Penalty Notices for
unauthorised school absences"
Reference: FOI152296953
Date of request: 2019-10-23 14:43:25

Dear Naomi Aharony,

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Re: FOI Response FOI152296953 "Freedom of Information request - Fixed
Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences".

Dear Naomi Aharony,

I am writing to confirm that the Council has now completed its search for
the information which you requested on 23rd October 2019 about Freedom of
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absences.

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Dear Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council,

Thanks so much for your reply. However, the FOI data attachment doesn't appear to work/to have been attached correctly - would you be able to re-send this?

Thanks very much!

Yours sincerely,

Naomi

Information Officer, Waltham Forest Borough Council

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Dear Naomi

 

I’m sorry you were unable to open the attachment sent with our email. It
appears to have been sent in a protected format by the system. I have now
re-uploaded it and hopefully it should be easier to view. Please let me
know if you still have difficulty then I will copy and paste the text.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Information Officer

 

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London Borough of Waltham Forest

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From: Naomi <[FOI #614289 email]>
Sent: 02 January 2020 14:31
To: Information Officer <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI response FOI152296953 "Freedom of Information request -
Fixed Penalty Notices for unauthorised school absences"

 

Dear Information Officer | Waltham Forest Council,

Thanks so much for your reply. However, the FOI data attachment doesn't
appear to work/to have been attached correctly - would you be able to
re-send this?

Thanks very much!

Yours sincerely,

Naomi

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Dear Information Officer,

Thanks very much - received!

Yours sincerely,

Naomi