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School unauthorised absences, fines and prosecutions
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information.
1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. Further, please can you also break all of the above data down into primary and secondary schools.
