[holding answer 7 May 2009]: The information is shown in the following table.
All children looked after who went missing from care (number) Gender 980 Male 510 Female 470 Age at 31 March (years) 980 Under 1 — 1 to 4 10 5 to 9 10 10 to 15 440 16 and over 520 Ethnic origin 980 White White British 640 White Irish 10 Any other White background 40 Mixed White and Black Caribbean 40 White and Black African 10 White and Asian 10 Any other mixed background 30 Asian or Asian British Indian 10 Pakistani 10 Bangladeshi 0 Any other Asian background 40 Black or Black British Caribbean 40 African 40 Any other Black background 20 Other ethnic groups Chinese 20 Any other ethnic group 40 1 Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short-term placements. 2 Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been counted once. 3 Includes looked after children who were missing from care for a period of more than 24 hours. 4 National figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers of five or less have been suppressed and replaced with a hyphen (—) except where the number is zero. Source: SSDA 903