Question follow-through · 2247

Missing Persons: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to, a) reduce the number of children that go missing, and b) find children who have gone missing, in Devon.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
28 May 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to, a) reduce the number of children that go missing, and b) find children who have gone missing, in Devon.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2026

    Answer published

    This Government remains firmly committed to working across government and with safeguarding partners, including the police and voluntary sector, to ensure a robust response to when people go missing anywhere across the country. This includes ensuring that...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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