Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 53285

Missing Persons: Children

Tabled: 19 May 2025

Answered: 28 May 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to develop a cross-Government strategy for reducing the numbers of missing children.

Answer

Janet Daby

This government champions the need for an effective multi-agency response that reduces the number of children going missing, whether this is from a family home or from the care of the local authority.The department’s long-standing statutory guidance on sa...

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