Question follow-through · 116109
Missing Persons: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of child criminal exploitation on the number of missing children cases; and what steps her Department is taking to improve early intervention.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of child criminal exploitation on the number of missing children cases; and what steps her Department is taking to improve early intervention.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to ensuring a robust multiagency response to missing people, including children, and safeguarding them from harm. We recognise that missing episodes, however brief, can often be a red flag for a number of harms including child...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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