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30th December 2024
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Unpaid fines / penalties issued to parents for unauthorised school absences
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1. The number of bailiff referrals made by your council for unpaid fines / penalties issued to parents for unauthorised school absences in each of the following academic years:
2021/2: 0
2022/3: 0
2023/4: 0
2024/5: 0
2. The number of fines / penalty notices your council issued to parents for unauthorised school absences in each of the following academic years, specifically where the absent child in question also had an EHCP with your council at the time the fine / penalty notice was issued:
We have not historically recorded data on the SEND status of these children so a manual search would be needed to complete the request which would exceed 18 hours. SEND status has been recorded since September 2025.
2021/2: 645 penalty notices issued
2022/3: 1242 penalty notices issued
2023/4: 1440 penalty notices issued
2024/5: 1170 penalty notices issued
