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Dear Richmond upon Thames Borough Council,

Id like to know how many TPNs (Truancy Penalty Notices) in total have been issued each month for the last 3 years and how many have been withdrawn each month for the last 3 years.

Also how many prosecutions were brought where the allegation was a breach of s444 of the Education Act 1986 in the last 6 years. Include all prosecutions, i.e. those where the summons was issued after a failure to pay a TPN AND prosecutions brought where no TPN had been issued.

Can you provide % of prosecutions that resulted in an acquital, what % did the parents plead guilty to, and what % did they plead not guilty.

Can you tell me how many prosecutions have been started and later withdrawn.

What % of the total summonses quoted attendance dates of longer than 3 months?

How many TPNs were issued where the child was not of compulsory school age and how many of these were paid?

Can I also have a copy of the code of conduct on school attendance / truancy penalty notices

Yours faithfully,

Jon Platt

FOI, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

 

Our Ref: L/JS/e19391

 

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Dear Jon Platt,

 

Your request for information which was received on 19 July 2016 has been
considered.

 

Please find our response attached.

 

Kind regards

 

Natalie Lacey

Data Protection and Information Officer

Community Engagement and Accountability Team

Adult and Community Services

0208 891 7058

[email address]

 

 

 

 

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Dear Natalie Lacey,

Thank you of that response but I need clarification. It appears that Richmond do not issue ANY penalty notices in respect of absences from school. From my perspective that would be a wonderful thing IF true? Can you confirm that there isn't another 'category' of penalty notice that is missing from this data, i.e. do you issue any other type of penalty notice for example for term time unauthorised absences? If you do, I want to get ALL the data on ALL penalty notices. If you don't, can you explain why Richmond issues NO penalty notices but other areas of the country issue THOUSANDS? Do all children in Richmond attend on EVERY day the school requires it?

Yours sincerely,

Jon Platt

Natalie Lacey, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

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Dear Jon Platt

A previous response to a similar request details the attendance record for 5-16 year olds at state primary and secondary schools over 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 http://www.richmond.gov.uk/foi_case_deta...

Please also see other previous responses in connection with school absences on our disclosure log;

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/foi_case_deta...

http://www.richmond.gov.uk/foi_case_deta...

Additionally our response to a request in May which has not yet been published states;

Request:

Have you not issued any PCNs because the data is handled by a different body or because no one in Richmond had unauthorised absence?

Response:

No we have not issued Penalty Charge Notices in Richmond for unauthorised absences. Head teachers have the discretion to do so. However none have been issued.

I hope this addresses your query. If you still require further information please clarify what you are requesting and we can log this as a new FOI request.

Kind regards
 
Natalie Lacey
Data Protection and Information Officer
Community Engagement and Accountability Team Adult and Community Services
0208 891 7058
[email address]

Our Ref: e19391\814421

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