Children in Care: Missing Persons

Helen Southworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many looked after children who went missing from care were victims of a crime against the person while missing in each of the last five years;

(2) how many children who went missing from care in each of the last five years subsequently disclosed abuse as the reason for running away.

Mr. Dhanda
Information on:

(1) the number of looked after children who went missing from care in each of the last five years who were victims of a crime against the person while missing; and

(2) the number of looked after children who went missing from care in each of the last five years who subsequently disclosed abuse as the reason for running away is not collected by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).