Written questions

Missing Persons: Children

Commons · Question 103755 · Tabled 7 Jan 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 15 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK children are currently missing with active investigations to locate their whereabouts.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 15 Jan 2026

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...