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More than 443,000 fines were issued to parents taking their children out of school during term time to go on holiday. The figures mark a staggering 53 per cent increase since before the Covid pandemic.

Alvaro Iturmendi, travel insurance expert at Confused.com , said: “For many families, taking a term-time holiday can seem like an appealing way to cut costs. Our research found that parents or guardians say they saved £567 on average, especially as prices often surge during peak school breaks.

"That's as our research also found that UK parents and guardians were issued £41 million in fines for term-time holidays between 2022 and 2024 by local councils.

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" Fines are typically issued per chi

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