I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act. The information concerns parental responsibility measures in the 2023/24 academic year, based on figures provided by local authorities in the parental responsibility measures attendance census (referred to henceforth as “the census”). My request relates directly to the figures provided by the council in response to this census and subsequently published by the Department for Education.

1. Of the pupil enrolments in academic year 2023/24 submitted in response to the census, and shown in column K of the attached spreadsheet, how many pupils had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP?
EHCP or SEN support – 4052

2. Of the pupil enrolments in academic year 2023/24 submitted in response to the census, and shown in column K of the attached spreadsheet, how many pupils had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?
EHCP only – 1241

3. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance in 2023/24, as per column L of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP?
We do not record this data so a manual search would be needed to complete the request which would exceed 18 hours. (Section 12)
There are around 1440 records that need to be manually reviewed. This would take 5 mins per record on average to read and therefore 120 hours to complete your request.

4. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance in 2023/24, as per column L of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?
Please see response to Q3

5. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance for reasons other than holidays or lateness in 2023/24, as per column P of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP?
Please see response to Q3

6. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance for reasons other than holidays or lateness in 2023/24, as per column P of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)?
Please see response to Q3

Some of these questions concern “EHCP and/or SEN support short of an EHCP”, while others concern just EHCPs. This is in case the council does not record the requested information in relation to “SEN support short of an EHCP”.
If the information for any question is not recorded in an available manner, please mark that question as “information not held” and process the remainder of the request.