Question follow-through · 15122

Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-Departmental body with responsibility for missing person investigations, in the context of the multi-agency responsibilit

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-Departmental body with responsibility for missing person investigations, in the context of the multi-agency responsibilit

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the need for an effective multi-agency response to missing person investigations.The Missing Persons Authorised Professional Practice (APP), issued by the College of Policing, sets out best practice guidance for all missing perso...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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