The Department started to collect data regarding parenting orders (in cases of non-attendance and exclusion from school) from September 2004. Between 1 September 2004 and 13 April 2007, local authorities reported 1,183 parenting orders being made by the courts following a prosecution for failing to ensure regular school attendance. The data are collected in period three times a year as follows:
Number 1 September 2004 to 31 December 2004 130 1 January 2005 to 1 April 2005 96 2 April 2005 to 31 July 2005 201 1 August 2005 to 31 December 2005 184 1 January 2006 to 21 April 2006 98 22 April 2006 to 1 September 2006 223 2 September 2006 to 31 December 2006 143 1 January 2007 to 13 April 2007 108 Total number of parenting orders issued 1,183
Additional data on parental responsibility measures are provided at local authority level and are published at:
www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolattendance/otherinitiatives/Data.cfm