Dear Ms Aharony
 
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Dear Ms Aharony
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 23 October 2019.
 
Please find below our response to your request.
 
How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out between
September 2018 ' July 2019 to parents for the following unauthorised
school absences:

3746 Penalty Notices were issued by Bristol City Council

 1. Persistent lateness (arriving after the register has been taken):6
Penalty Notices were issued where the main reason was 'late arrival
after the close of registration'

 1. Unauthorised leave in term time (e.g. being taken out of school for
holiday):3202 Penalty Notices were issued where the main reason was
'unauthorised leave of absence in term time'

 1. Delayed return from authorised leave:We do not hold data on this.

 1. General unauthorised absence/truancy (including parentally condoned
absence):538 Penalty Notices were issued where the main reason was
'other unauthorised absence'.

 1. How many FPNs have not been paid within the 21 day allocated time
frame?: 824 Penalty Notices were issued that were not paid within 21
days (2875 paid within 21 days)

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

233 Penalty Notices were prosecuted following non-payment of a penalty
notice*

 1. How much revenue has been collected from FPNs between:

Sums received between September 2018 - July 2019 = £177,360.00*

Sums received between September 2017 ' July 2018 = £190,260.00

 1. Could you please provide a comparison for questions 1-3 for the
previous school year (2017- 2018)?

This is publicly available information and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...

NB: * Denotes this is a cumulative figure that will continue to change
until all cases (that were issued Penalty Notices in this period) have
been concluded.

 
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Bristol City Council
 

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