Penalty Notices and Value 2024 to 2026

Request

(1) Please provide the following data relating to Section 444A Education Act 1996 Penalty Notices issued by Lincolnshire County Council:

The total number of Section 444A Penalty Notices issued in the following financial years:

(1a) 2024/25

(1b) 2025/26 to date



(2) The total monetary value of the Penalty Notices issued in each of the above years.



(3) Details of how the revenue collected from these Penalty Notices has been spent, including any breakdown of expenditure categories or specific initiatives funded.

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 

 1a. 2024/2025 - 6119

1b. 2025/2026 - 2533

2. 2024/2025 - £500,320.00 2025/2026 - £180,000.00

3. Revenue from Penalty Notices funds attendance-related functions, including the employment of Attendance team officers, attendance-support activities and administering and enforcing penalty notices.

Reference number
15098157
Date request received
15 January 2026
Date of decision
21 January 2026