Non-attendance fines
Dear East Sussex County Council,
Please could you tell me:
1. How many Penalty Notices/fines did your council issue for unauthorised absence from school in the 2015/2016 school year?
2. How many of those Penalty Notices (Q1) were later withdrawn; either because they were issued wrongly, or because a parent made successful representation that the absence should have been authorised?
3. How many Penalty Notices/fines did your council issue for unauthorised absence from school in the 2014/2015 school year?
4. How many of those Penalty Notices (Q3) were later withdrawn; either because they were issued wrongly, or because a parent made successful representation that the absence should have been authorised?
Yours faithfully,
Christina Savage
Dear Christina Savage,
FOI Request ref: 7926 / Penalty notices for school absence
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East Sussex County Council
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Dear Christina Savage,
FOI Request ref: 7926 / Penalty notices for school absence
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REQUEST
Please could you tell me:
1. How many Penalty Notices/fines did your council issue for unauthorised
absence from school in the 2015/2016 school year?
2. How many of those Penalty Notices (Q1) were later withdrawn; either
because they were issued wrongly, or because a parent made successful
representation that the absence should have been authorised?
3. How many Penalty Notices/fines did your council issue for unauthorised
absence from school in the 2014/2015 school year?
4. How many of those Penalty Notices (Q3) were later withdrawn; either
because they were issued wrongly, or because a parent made successful
representation that the absence should have been authorised?
RESPONSE
1. 1,716
2. 191
3. 2,264
4. 192
I hope that this answers your enquiry. If you believe that the County
Council has not complied with the FOI Act in responding to your request,
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the grounds of your appeal in writing to:
Philip Baker, Assistant Chief Executive, East Sussex County Council,
County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, East Sussex. BN7 1UE.
or by email to him at [1][email address]
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at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Tel: 0303 123 1113. [2]www.ico.org.uk
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Coleman
Customer Information Officer
East Sussex County Council
Communities, Economy and Transport
W1D, County Hall
St Anne’s Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex BN7 1UE
Phone: 01273 482913
Fax: 01273 481208
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