Question follow-through · 17942
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fixed penalty notices for school absences were issued in Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire in the last academic year.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 3 Aug 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fixed penalty notices for school absences were issued in Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire in the last academic year.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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3 Aug 2026
Answer published
For unauthorised school absences during the 2024/25 academic year, Bath and North East Somerset issued 1,014 penalty notices and South Gloucestershire issued 2,043 penalty notices.A new national framework for penalty notices came into effect from August 2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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