questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the police and safeguarding partners on reducing the number of repeat missing episodes among children aged 12 to 17 years.
answerText: We recognise that missing episodes, especially repeat missing episodes, however brief, can often be a red flag for a number of harms including child sexual exploitation and criminal exploitation.Each missing child case represents a vulnerable young person...
heading: Missing Persons: Children