Written questions

Missing Persons: Safety

Commons · Question 21087 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to police forces advising them to offer independent return home interviews to adults who have been missing.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 10 Jan 2025

Any missing person incident, especially when a person is vulnerable or has been missing previously, significantly increases the risk of harm occurring, and the Home Office continues to work with partners on the issue.The Missing Persons Authorised Profess...