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Children: Missing Persons

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have gone missing from local authority care homes in each local authority in the last five years. [247673]

Beverley Hughes: The following table provides information on the number of children in care in each local authority that have gone missing from children’s homes in England for the years ending 31 March 2004 to 2008.

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Children looked after who went missing from care during the years ending 31 March, by local authority1,2,3,4,5, years ending 31 March 2004 to 2008—coverage: England
	All children looked after who went missing from care					Children looked after who went missing from children's homes only
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
England	730	860	980	0	280	260	290	0	0	0
North East	30	20	20	0	20	20	10	0	0	0
Darlington	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Gateshead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hartlepool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Middlesbrough	0	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Newcastle upon Tyne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Tyneside	—	5	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northumberland	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redcar and Cleveland	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
South Tyneside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stockton-on-Tees	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Sunderland	20	10	15	0	20	15	10	0	0	0
North West	100	120	140	0	70	50	70	0	0	0
Blackburn with Darwen	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolton	20	30	30	0	20	20	20	0	0	0
Bury	—	5	—	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Cheshire	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Cumbria	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halton	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Knowsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lancashire	10	10	—	0	—	5	—	0	0	0
Liverpool	10	20	15	0	—	—	10	0	0	0
Manchester	10	5	10	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Oldham	—	—	5	0	10	—	—	0	0	0
Rochdale	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Salford	—	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Sefton	—	10	5	0	—	—	10	0	0	0
St Helens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stockport	10	10	15	0	10	—	5	0	0	0
Tameside	—	15	10	0	—	—	5	0	0	0
Trafford	—	—	15	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Warrington	—	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wigan	—	—	5	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Wirral	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Yorkshire and the Humber	70	60	70	0	20	20	20	0	0	0
Barnsley	15	—	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Bradford	10	15	10	0	—	—	5	0	0	0
Calderdale	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doncaster	—	10	—	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
East Riding of Yorkshire	—	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Kingston upon Hull, City of	5	5	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Kirklees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leeds	30	5	15	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
North East Lincolnshire	0	—	5	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
North Lincolnshire	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	0	5	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Rotherham	—	—	25	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Sheffield	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Wakefield		—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
York	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Midlands	40	30	20	0	10	—	10	0	0	0
Derby	—	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Derbyshire	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leicester	5	—	—	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Leicestershire	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Northamptonshire	20	10	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Nottingham	—	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Midlands	60	100	110	0	30	10	40	0	0	0
Birmingham	20	30	5	0	10	5	15	0	0	0
Coventry	5	10	10	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Dudley	10	10	10	0	5	—	10	0	0	0
Herefordshire	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sandwell	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shropshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solihull	—	—	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staffordshire	—	5	10	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Stoke-on-Trent	0	5	25	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Telford and Wrekin	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walsall	5	10	20	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Warwickshire	10	10	10	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Wolverhampton	5	5	10	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Worcestershire	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
East of England	60	60	60	0	20	10	10	0	0	0
Bedfordshire	5	5	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Cambridgeshire	—	5	5	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Essex	20	15	30	0	10	—	5	0	0	0
Hertfordshire	—	—	5	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Luton	5	5	5	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Norfolk	—	10	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Peterborough	10	5	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Southend-on-Sea	0	5	5	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Suffolk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurrock	10	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
London	250	270	310	0	70	100	80	0	0	0
Inner London	120	110	120	0	20	50	40	0	0	0
Camden	20	5	—	0	0	10	5	0	0	0
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hackney	10	5	5	0	0	5	—	0	0	0
Hammersmith and Fulham	—	5	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Haringey	25	25	15	0	—	10	10	0	0	0
Islington	10	10	—	0	—	10	—	0	0	0
Kensington and Chelsea	0	—	20	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Lambeth	15	10	25	0	5	—	—	0	0	0
Lewisham	15	20	—	0	—	5	5	0	0	0
Newham	—	—	15	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Southwark	5	10	10	0	—	5	—	0	0	0
Tower Hamlets	—	—	5	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Wandsworth	—	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Westminster	5	10	15	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Outer London	120	160	190	0	50	50	50	0	0	0
Barking and Dagenham	10	15	25	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Barnet	10	10	5	0	—	5	—	0	0	0
Bexley	0	5	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Brent	20	20	30	0	—	10	5	0	0	0
Bromley	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Croydon	0	—	10	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Ealing	20	10	—	0	—	10	—	0	0	0
Enfield	—	10	15	0	5	—	—	0	0	0
Greenwich	10	—	10	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Harrow	5	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Havering	—	5	10	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Hillingdon	15	25	25	0	10	—	10	0	0	0
Hounslow	10	15	10	0	10	—	5	0	0	0
Kingston upon Thames	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merton	5	—	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Redbridge	10	20	10	0	—	5	10	0	0	0
Richmond upon Thames	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sutton	—	10	15	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Waltham Forest	0	—	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South East	80	130	180	0	30	30	40	0	0	0
Bracknell Forest	—	—	5	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Brighton and Hove	10	5	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Buckinghamshire	0	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
East Sussex	—	5	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Hampshire	10	15	50	0	—	10	5	0	0	0
Isle of Wight	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Kent	20	50	35	0	15	10	25	0	0	0
Medway Towns	5	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milton Keynes	—	5	5	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Oxfordshire	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portsmouth	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Reading	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southampton	5	5	30	0	5	—	—	0	0	0
Surrey	5	20	35	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
West Berkshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Sussex	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Windsor and Maidenhead	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Wokingham	—	5	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
South West	40	70	70	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Bath and North East Somerset	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0
Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bristol, City of	—	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Cornwall	—	10	15	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Devon	—	20	15	0	0	—	5	0	0	0
Dorset	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Somerset	10	5	5	0	—	—	—	0	0	0
Plymouth	10	5	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
Poole	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Somerset	0	—	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0
South Gloucestershire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swindon	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Torbay	—	10	10	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Wiltshire	—	5	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	0
(1) Source: SSDA903 return on children looked after. (2) Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short-term placements. (3) Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials. (4) Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been counted once. (5) Includes looked after children who were missing from care for a period of more than 24 hours.

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