Data set from Parental responsibility measures

Parental responsibility measures

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Published 29 January 2026

Last updated 29 January 2026

Data on penalty notices, reasons for penalty notices, cases entering attendance case management, parenting orders, parenting contracts and education supervision orders.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Parental responsibility measures
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 2,606
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Main reason for issue: Absence due to other unauthorised circumstances
  • Main reason for issue: Arriving late
  • Main reason for issue: Unauthorised family holiday absence
• Time period: 2009/10 to 2024/25

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	enrolments	pn_issued	pn_issued_rate	reason_pn_hols	reason_pn_late	reason_pn_other	repeated_pn	pn_paid	pn_paid_21	pn_paid_22_28	pn_withdrawn	withdrawn_reason_conduct	withdrawn_reason_wrong_issue	withdrawn_reason_material_error	withdrawn_reason_expiry_no_legal	pn_prosecuted_non_payment	pn_unresolved	prosecution_pn_limit	case_management	case_management_prosecuted	case_management_withdrawn_before_prosecution	case_management_withdrawn_att_improved	case_management_withdrawn_other	parenting_orders_granted	parenting_orders_implemented	parenting_orders_not_imp	parenting_orders_not_imp_lackofprovision	parenting_orders_not_imp_breachbyparent	parenting_contracts_offered	parenting_contracts_accepted	supervision_orders_total	supervision_orders_inplaceofprosecution	supervision_orders_inadditiontoprosecution
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						7379072	492825	6.678685341	459288	1424	32113	9972	379914	353857	26057	35089	3165	8151	8144	15629	28909	48913	148	87859	9382	40341	24030	16311	29	20	10	8	2	14159	7857	52	48	4
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				339798	28400	8.357906756	26985	31	1384	967	20634	18908	1726	2131	404	406	783	538	3097	2538	2	4313	1187	2067	1243	824	3	1	2	0	2	2213	294	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				1016557	87879	8.644768567	83807	30	4042	2522	66330	62020	4310	6381	377	1255	1207	3542	6846	8322	29	17936	2115	11134	8086	3048	0	0	0	0	0	2028	1118	22	18	4
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				743784	76669	10.30796575	72335	15	4319	1227	58329	53270	5059	4465	324	1587	1066	1488	6033	7842	16	7370	548	1523	1179	344	9	9	0	0	0	1226	685	3	3	0
202425	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				645436	45663	7.07475257	42521	0	3142	691	34623	32117	2506	2604	51	616	675	1262	1971	6465	24	9956	694	4035	2964	1071	4	0	4	4	0	487	299	10	10	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 33 variables

Variable name	Variable description
case_management	Total number of cases of attendance case management
case_management_prosecuted	Number of cases of attendance case management prosecuted
case_management_withdrawn_att_improved	Reason for withdrawal of cases: attendance improved
case_management_withdrawn_before_prosecution	Number of cases of attendance case management withdrawn
case_management_withdrawn_other	Reason for withdrawal of cases: other reason

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Footnotes

1. Data for 2019/20 is not available as the data collection did not take place due to the pandemic.
2. Data for 2020/21 includes a period of two months where measures were disapplied. See publication text or methodology for more information.
3. Reason for issuing penalty notices is not available prior to 2016/17.
4. Voluntary question added to the census in 2024/25, data is incomplete and so should be treated with caution.

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