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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that divorced parents are not fined for unauthorised school absences for which the other parent was responsible.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167649/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Parents have a duty, under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that their child of compulsory school age (5-16) receives an efficient full-time education either by attendance at school or otherwise.<\/p><p>If parents register their child at school, the law places a duty on parents to ensure their child of compulsory school age attends school regularly.<\/p><p>A penalty notice is a fine issued to parents for failing to secure their child\u2019s regular attendance at school. The Parental Responsibility Measures Attendance census collects data from local authorities annually on parental responsibility measures issued to address poor attendance in state-funded schools. It is a matter for schools and local authorities to decide whether to issue a penalty notice for unauthorised term time absence.<\/p><p>The Department has not formally assessed the impact of penalty notices, but comparable data shows overall absence rates have remained fairly stable across recent years, following a generally downward trend since 2006/07 (4.8% in 2017/18, compared to 6.5% in 2006/07).<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect of the £60 fine per child or young person for unauthorised absences on the level of those absences and (b) potential effect of an increase in that fine on the level of absences.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131318/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Penalty notices are issued to parents by schools, local authorities or the police for failing to ensure that if their child is of compulsory school age, they regularly attend the state-funded school where they are registered or at the place where alternative provision is provided for them.<\/p><p>The statistical publication 'Parental Responsibility Measures in England: 2017 to 2018' includes the numbers of penalty notices issued in England in table 1. The release is available here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/parental-responsibility-measures-2017-to-2018<\/a>.<\/p><p>The data shows the number of penalty notices issued to parents; if a parent has received more than one penalty notice then each penalty notice would be counted. The number of parents who have received a penalty notice is not available.<\/p><p>Collected information contains reasons for why penalty notices are issued and is broken down by 'unauthorised family holiday absence', 'arriving late' and 'absence due to other unauthorised circumstances'. Data is not collected specifically on the number issued due to truancy.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents have been fined as a result of the truancy of their children in each of the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767478/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Parents should avoid taking their children out of school during term-time, except in exceptional circumstances. The evidence shows every extra day of school missed can affect a pupil\u2019s chances of achieving good GCSEs, which has a lasting effect on their life chances.<\/p><p>We have a robust local control regime to enforce this, which enables the school or local authority to issue a penalty notice that where parents have failed to secure their child\u2019s regular attendance at school, including if they take their child out of school for a vacation without permission.<\/p><p>Every local authority must draw up a Code of Conduct for issuing penalty notices, in consultation with governing bodies and head teachers in their area. The Code will set out the occasions when it will be appropriate to issue a penalty notice. This can, for example, include circumstances where a pupil is persistently late to school without a valid reason. A penalty notice must be issued in accordance with that Code.<\/p><p>In April 2017 the Supreme Court unanimously agreed with our position that no child should be taken out of school without good reason.<\/p>"}
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