5/2/2008 8:39:00 AM
Daily Telegraph 2 May
On-the-spot fines for parents who fail to send their children to school are failing to cut truancy, it has been claimed. A three-fold increase in the number of £50 fixed penalties has had no impact on unauthorised absence rates, said the Liberal Democrats. The fines were introduced by Labour as part of a campaign to “get tough” on habitual truants. Last year, 16,550 fines were handed out by local authorities – the equivalent of 87 for every school day – up from 12,681 in 2006 and 5,998 in 2005. Telegraph
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