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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Truancy: Fines

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many parents have been fined as a result of their children not attending school in (a) Lewes constituency, (b) Sussex and (c) the South East in each of the last five years.
Answer

The Department collects data at local authority level on the number of penalty notices issued to parents for their child's unauthorised absence from school. Information is not available at constituency level. These data have been collected since 1 September 2004 and the latest data available relate to the period to 31 August 2008. For each of these four years, the data for Sussex and the south-east are:

Number
South-east Sussex
1 September 2004 to 31 August 2005 117 19
1 September 2005 to 1 September 2006 782 150
2 September 2006 to 31 August 2007 1,973 226
1 September 2007 to 3 August 2008 2,429 170

Full penalty notice data can be found at:"http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/13800/DataPNsFTPOsPCs%20Cumlative%20Sep04-Aug08.pdf"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c99-100W; 301281
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Fines Truancy South East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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