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Freedom of Information Request

school unauthorised absences, fines and prosecutions

Received: 27 April 2023

In relation to parents being fined for taking their children out of school during term time, for each school year from September 1 2015 to present date - including where possible how many have been handed out during the current 2022/23 school year - please kindly provide data on the number of unauthorised absences.

Further, in each school year from September 1 2015 to present date - including where possible how many have been handed out during the current 2022/23 school year - please provide data on the number of fines you have awarded

Further, in each school year from September 1 2015 to present date - including where possible how many have been handed out during the current 2022/23 school year - please provide the number of parents you have prosecuted for non-payment of fines.

Further, please can you also break all of the above data down into primary and secondary schools.

Please provide the information in the Excel spreadsheet template

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  • Response (some exceeds appropriate limit) - application/pdf - Download