Freedom of Information –Response –13667
Request:
1.I’d like to know how many TPNs in total have been issued each month for the last 3 years and how many have been withdrawn each month for the last 3 years.
2.Also how many prosecutions were brought where the allegation was a breach of s444 of the Education Act 1986 in the last 6 years. Include all prosecutions, i.e. those where the summons was issued after a failure to pay a TPN AND prosecutions brought where no TPN had been issued.
3.Can you provide % of prosecutions that resulted in an acquital, what % did the parents plead guilty to, and what % did they plead not guilty.
4.Can you tell me how many prosecutions have been started and later withdrawn.
5.What % of the total summonses quoted attendance dates of longer than 3 months?
6.How many TPNs were issued where the child was not of compulsory school age and how many of these were paid?
7.Can I also have a copy of the code of conduct on school attendance / truancy penalty notices
Response:
- Please see the tables below.
2013-14 / Issued / Paid / Withdrawn
Sept / 0 / 0 / 0
Oct / 2 / 1 / 1
Nov / 2 / 2
Dec / 0 / 0 / 0
Jan / 41 / 19 / 12
Feb / 48 / 17 / 18
Mar / 37 / 16 / 12
April / 79 / 30 / 33
May / 5 / 4 / 1
June / 47 / 22 / 13
July / 18 / 7 / 3
August / 24 / 8 / 9
2014-15 / Issued / Paid / Withdrawn
Sept / 56 / 35 / 19
Oct / 395 / 238 / 112
Nov / 563 / 391 / 108
Dec / 352 / 222 / 63
Jan / 520 / 343 / 107
Feb / 272 / 188 / 36
Mar / 411 / 281 / 72
April / 167 / 129 / 20
May / 421 / 306 / 66
June / 805 / 668 / 75
July / 1196 / 943 / 126
August / 136 / 111 / 17
Total / 5294 / 3855 / 821
2015-16 / Issued / Paid / Withdrawn
Sept / 298 / 222 / 47
Oct / 633 / 483 / 85
Nov / 604 / 463 / 69
Dec / 238 / 165 / 43
Jan / 347 / 260 / 54
Feb / 395 / 265 / 88
Mar / 157 / 104 / 31
April / 322 / 222 / 52
May / 302 / 159 / 47
June / 697 / 463 / 52
July / 478 / 56 / 4
2. Please see the table below.
Academic year / Section 444 1 (For Fixed Penalty Notices) / Section 444 1 / Section 444 1A / Section 444 ZA2010-11 / 0 / 97 / 36 / 0
2011-12 / 13 / 91 / 22 / 3
2012-13 / 56 / 107 / 37 / 3
2013-14 / 116 / 144 / 26 / 4
2014-15 / 214 / 70 / 23 / 0
2015-16 / 324 / 23 / 42 / 2
3-5. We can confirm that Suffolk County Council holds this information; however, it is exempt from disclosure under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act).
Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for local government is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one person spendingtwo and a halfworking days in determining whether the Council holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
We estimate that it will take us in excess of232 hours to determine appropriate material and locate, retrieve and extract the information in reference to your request making the total cost in excess of 232 x £25 = £5,800.
6.None
7.We can confirm that Suffolk County Council holds this information. However, the information is exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), because the information is readily accessible to you, as it is already in the public domain.
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