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registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of looked after children who were reported missing from their placement by (a) placement type, (b) placement provider, (c) distance from placing authority in the last 5 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	134364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children in each of the last three years by their placement type has been published in Table G1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Information on the number of missing incidents of looked after children by provider and the distance from the placing authority are provided in the attached table. In 2016/17, missing incidents were reported for 10,700 children, some of whom will have multiple missing incidents.</p><p>This information was collected for the first time in 2014-15 and so figures for earlier years are not available.</p><p>These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and any assessment of trends should take this into account. The information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in the table.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 06/04/2018 15:57:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 134364 Table.xlsx title Children looked after who were missing
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

790940

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of looked-after children who were reported missing in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of looked after children who were reported missing in each of the last three years is published in in Table G1 of the statistical release ‘<em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>The figures provide the number of looked after children reported as missing by local councils in each of the last three years. These statistics are experimental statistics based on data collected for the first time in 2015 and should be treated with caution as local councils’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and the information provided does not mean that the number of children going missing is increasing in the volumes indicated in Table G1.</p><p>Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p><p>Local councils are responsible for protecting children whether they go missing from their family home or from local council care, and the department has issued statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care to help them in their role.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014 we strengthened care planning and children's homes regulations, including requiring all homes to ensure that they have clear policies for preventing children from going missing; also to respond when children do go missing, in line with local police protocols on ‘missing’.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Home Office to update the 2011 Missing Persons strategy. It will, for the first time include an implementation plan setting out the key actions being taken across government to improve the current response to missing people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2017 12:01:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

771256

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent children in the care of local authorities from going missing.
tabling member printed	Lord Laming
uin	HL2057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>We are clear that the right care placements for looked after children are vital for their stability, and these decisions should assess the risk of children going missing from placements. The Government’s ‘Missing Children and Adults strategy’ focuses primarily on vulnerable people who go missing within England and Wales, and provides a clear core framework in which we can work with local councils, police and other local partners to deliver collectively, the best protection possible for missing children, adults and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s 2014 statutory guidance on ‘Children who run away or go missing from home or care’, makes clear the expectations we have on local councils to work with police and other partners to safeguard all vulnerable children. In addition, since 2014, we have placed a duty on local councils to report all incidences of children going missing from care. Children’s homes must have policies to stop children going missing; and when children do go missing, they must respond in line with local police protocols that includes understanding patterns of missing episodes to put preventative steps in place.</p><p> </p><p>Local councils are continuing to improve data collections to include all incidents of children missing from care and so the numbers recorded are increasing as would be expected (although the data is still categorised as experimental). We will continue to assess data quality and what this indicates about managing risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/10/2017 11:03:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

769761

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have gone missing from care homes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of children recorded as missing from care homes during the year and the number who were recorded as missing at the end of March in a given year are shown in the table attached. These statistics are based on data collected for the first time in 2015, and should be treated with caution as local authorities’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and the information provided does not mean that the number of missing incidents is increasing in the volumes indicated below. Information for earlier years is not available.</p><p>Local authorities have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107419 question first answered 18/10/2017 16:53:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 107417, 107419 v3 table attachment.docx title 107417_107419_table_attachment
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

769763

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children who went missing from care homes remained unfound in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of children recorded as missing from care homes during the year and the number who were recorded as missing at the end of March in a given year are shown in the table attached. These statistics are based on data collected for the first time in 2015, and should be treated with caution as local authorities’ recording of this information is improving over time. The figures are therefore not comparable between years and the information provided does not mean that the number of missing incidents is increasing in the volumes indicated below. Information for earlier years is not available.</p><p>Local authorities have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107417 question first answered 18/10/2017 16:53:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 107417, 107419 v3 table attachment.docx title 107417_107419_table_attachment
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

766153

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 6504, what assessment she has made of the reasons why 50 per cent of looked after children who are reported missing are children placed in residential accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	106133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2017 answer text <p>Annual data recorded to 31 March 2017 showed that 50% of missing incidents were by children placed across a range of residential accommodation, including secure units, children’s homes or semi-independent living accommodation.</p><p>Local authorities are improving data collections to include all incidents of missing and so the numbers recorded are increasing (although the data is still categorised as experimental). We will continue to assess data quality.</p><p>Many residential settings do important work to provide placements and support for children with complex histories of going missing. In 2015, the government introduced Quality Standards to improve the care in homes and strengthened regulations. We have also placed a duty on local authorities to report all incidences of children going missing from care. Children’s homes must have policies to stop children going missing; and when children do go missing, they must respond in line with local police protocols.</p><p>The government considers this an important issue. The Missing Children and Adults strategy, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/missing-children-and-adults-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/missing-children-and-adults-strategy</a> which focuses primarily on vulnerable people who go missing within England and Wales, provides a core framework in which we can all work to deliver collectively the best protection possible for missing children, adults and their families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/10/2017 11:17:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

754654

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of looked-after children have gone missing from placements in (a) England and (b) the North West for each year for which information is available since he publication of the Children's Home Data Pack in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	6518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is published as experimental statistics in the statistical first release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption </em>which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The number and percentage of looked after children who went missing from their placement in the year ending 31 March by region can be found in the 2014-2015 release at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a> and the 2015-2016 release at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a> in Table LAG1. The department does not distinguish between children who were missing from their placement and those who were absent from their placement. This information was collected for the first time in 2015 and so comparisons between years should be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 6504 question first answered 07/09/2017 10:47:57 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

754657

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of looked-after children went missing from placements in (a) England and (b) the North West for more than 24 hours for each year for which information is available since the publication of the Children's Home Data Pack in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	6519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The department does not collect hour-specific data on duration of missing episodes. It collects the date a looked-after child went missing, and the date the child returned to their placement so we cannot provide figures for children who were missing over 24 hours. The available information, covering children who went missing one day and returned on or after the next day is provided in the table. Figures are not comparable between 2015 and 2016.</p><p><strong>Percentage of all looked after children during the year<sup>1</sup> who went missing<sup>2</sup> and returned on or after the following day<sup>3</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2015 and 2016</strong></p><p>Coverage: England</p><p>Note: These figures are experimental – 2016 figures should not be compared to 2015 (see footnote 4).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><em>5</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p><em>5</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: SSDA903</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Expressed as a percentage of the total number of looked after children during the year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2. Missing is defined as a looked after child who is not at their placement or a place they are expected to be (e.g. a school) and their whereabouts is not known. This does not include children who were away from their placement without authorisation where the child’s whereabouts was known.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3. Incidents of a child going missing where the end date of the missing period was after its start date. This will include short missing periods where the child went missing late at night but was found in the early hours of the following morning.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>4. These figures are experimental statistics. 2016 is the second year the statistics have been collected in this way and local authorities reported some significant improvements in consistency and completeness of the data; figures for 2015 and 2016 are not comparable.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 11:34:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

720399

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children went missing from local authority care in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	70813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The available information is published in table G1 of the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016’, </em>which is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/04/2017 13:42:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

456094

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Runaway Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children went missing and (b) incidents there were of looked after children going missing from their placement there were for each (i) type of placement and (ii) age of child in each of the last five years; and whether each such child who went missing was in a distant placement.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	28975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Figures on the number of children who had a missing incident in the year ending 31 March 2015, and the number of incidents by placement type and age, are attached. Data for earlier years was only collected for children who were missing for a period of at least 24 hours. Information on the distance of the placement from which a looked after child went missing is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/03/2016 15:15:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 28975 Attachment.xlsx title 28975 - attachments
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey