The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on looked-after children and care leavers and the APPG for runaway and missing children and adults want to establish a clearer picture of local and national responses to children in care who go missing or run away, what support is available to them and what effective interventions look like.
The inquiry will look at looked-after children who are placed away from their home local authority, data collection and information sharing, police responses and the role of inspection and assessment. It will also hold a separate session on how to safeguard trafficked children who have gone missing from care.
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