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Missing People
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1. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are:
a) Identified as having been trafficked or a victim of modern slavery – including, but not limited to those identified through the National Referral Mechanism. We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
b) Suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery, if not included in a: We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
c) Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child.
• 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021: 14
• 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022: 34
• 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023: 38
• 1 January 2024 to 30 April 2024: 39
d) Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child who have also been identified or suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery: We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
2. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority:
a) Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent: We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
b) Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent.
• 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021: 0
• 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022: 0
• 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023: Less than 4
• 1 January 2024 to 30 April 2024: Less than 4
c) Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child who have also been identified or suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery, and that have gone missing or absent: We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
3. The total number of individual incidents (which could involve the same child on more than one occasion) of looked after children in the care of your authority:
a) Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent: We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
b) Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent.
• 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021: 0
• 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022: 0
• 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023: Less than 4
• 1 January 2024 to 30 April 2024: Less than 4
4. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those that subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified or suspected as having been trafficked*
We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have a process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
5. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those that subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified as an UASC or separated child.
• 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021: 0
• 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022: 0
• 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023: Less than 4
• 1 January 2024 to 30 April 2024: Less than 4
6. For questions 1a, 1b and 2a please provide a breakdown of these numbers by year and whether the child is British or non-British
We are unable to report on children who are trafficked or a victim of modern slavery, as we do not have process in place to capture in the system in a reportable format.
7. For question 2, please provide a breakdown of these numbers by type of accommodation missing from.
• 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021: 0
• 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022: 0
• 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023: Less than 4
• 1 January 2024 to 30 April 2024: Less than 4
