Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school

Can you answer the four questions below for the most recent six full academic years for which data is available (ie. 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25).
 
For each academic year, please provide:

1. The total number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school.
 
2. The number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school, where the child concerned had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) at the time the prosecution was initiated.
 
3. The total number of fixed penalty notices issued by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school, where the child involved had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the fine was issued. 

4. The amount of money raised by the local authority through fixed penalty notices issued against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for non-attendance at school, where the child involved had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the fine was issued. 

1. See table below

2-3. This information is not collated and would involve significant analysing of individual parent/child documents over 6 years and therefore would be exempt under Section 12.

Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information 2000 does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The appropriate limit is currently £450 or 18 hours at a cost of £25 per hour.

The exemption under section 12 is not subject to the public interest test

Any refined request will be treated as a new request under the Freedom of Information Act.

4. This information specific to children with an EHCP is not collated