I am writing to make an open government request for information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024.

1. How many individual children (those aged 0 – 17) were reported missing in your local authority area?
97

2. How many missing incidents were reported in relation to those missing children (those aged 0 – 17)?
176

3. How many of those missing incidents had a:
a) Sexual exploitation marker
b) Mental health marker
c) Criminal exploitation marker
d) Trafficking marker
We are unable provide this data as we do not hold it in a way we can report from.

4. In how many of those incidents was a return home interview completed?
45

5. In how many of those return home interviews was there evidence of harm having occurred?
We are unable provide this data as we do not hold it in a way we can report from.

6. In how many of those return home interviews with evidence of harm, was the harm:
a) Physical
b) Sexual
c) Self-harm
d) Suicide
e) Emotional / psychological
We are unable provide this data as we do not hold it in a way we can report from.

7. If you routinely record another type of risk marker / type of harm that is not listed here, please also include that information and the number of incidents in which it was recorded
We are unable provide this data as we do not hold it in a way we can report from.