Written questions

Missing Persons

Commons · Question 81453 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were reported missing in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Jess Phillips, 21 Oct 2025

The Home Office does not hold this data centrally.Information about current missing persons incidents is held by individual police forces. The National Crime Agency’s UK Missing Persons Unit holds the national database for all missing incidents that are u...