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<p>In January 2014 the Department for Education published revised statutory guidance
on children missing from home or care.[1] This sets out the steps that local authorities
and their partners should take to prevent children going missing and to protect them
when they do. The guidance is clear that within seventy hours of a missing child being
found, the council should offer them an independent return interview to uncover information
that will help protect children from:</p><ol><li>The risk of going missing again.</li><li>The
risks they may have been exposed to while missing.</li><li>The risk factors in their
home.</li></ol><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-who-run-away-or-go-missing-from-home-or-care"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-who-run-away-or-go-missing-from-home-or-care</a></p><p>
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