Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30920

Missing People: Children

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Sarah Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of repeat missing incidents amongst children.

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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