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Parents in England whose children miss school face harsher penalties depending on where they live, a BBC Panorama investigation has found.

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Fines, which begin at ยฃ60, but rise if not paid promptly, totalled more than ยฃ8.6m in the past school year.

But some local councils told us no penalties had been issued, while other authorities handed out thousands.

Even when differences in population are taken into account, there remain disparities in the number of fines.

In the past school year, Luton had the highest rate - 97 fines per 1,000 pupils. Bolton was not far behind at 89 per 1,000. And yet, in response to a BBC Freedom of Information request, Warrington and City of London councils said they had issued no penalties at all.

When local authorities - working with schools - decide to issue fines to parents whose children have missed significant amounts of education, a child's reason for being absent is supposed to be taken into account. Usually, fines only come at the end of a process of trying to engage with families. If not paid, parents could be prosecuted.

Children's Commissioner for England, Rachel de Souza, says children and their parents - especially those with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) - must have "nothing to fear" when seeking support for their particular reasons for being absent.

Claire Huddart - principal of Horizon Community College, a large secondary school in Barnsley - has a five-strong attendance team, looking into the complex reasons why pupils are missing from school. She says fines are very much a last resort.