Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30919

Missing People: Children

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to update the statutory guidance on children that (a) run away and (b) go missing from home or care.

Answer

Janet Daby
The government takes the issue of missing children extremely seriously. The existing statutory guidance, ‘Children who run away or go missing from home of care’, outlines what local authorities and their partners must do to prevent and protect missing chi...

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