FOI release

Number of Missing Children from the Local Authority Children's Homes

Case reference FOI2023/00144

Published 20 February 2023

Request

Please can I be provided with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

- How many children (under the age of 18) are currently missing from your local authority children's homes?

- How many children went missing at one point from your local authority children's homes in 2022?

- How many occurrences of a child going missing from your children's homes were there in 2022?

- How many children went missing at one point from your local authority children's homes in 2021?

- How many occurrences of a child going missing from your children's homes were there in 2021?

Response

Please can I be provided with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

- How many children (under the age of 18) are currently missing from your local authority children's homes?

0

- How many children went missing at one point from your local authority children's homes in 2022?

15

- How many occurrences of a child going missing from your children's homes were there in 2022?

105

- How many children went missing at one point from your local authority children's homes in 2021?

23

- How many occurrences of a child going missing from your children's homes were there in 2021?

165

Documents

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