Reports of Missing Children 2019 and 2020
Keywords
Missing; Children; Reports; Incidents; COVID-19; Suicide; Self-harm
Publication number
PUB 1139
FOI reference number
FOI 14913
Request title
Missing children - Mental health - Suicide – Self-harm. 2019 and 2020
Date range
March to September in 2019 and 2020
Information requested
March 2020 – September 2020
- How many missing children incidents were recorded as high, medium and low risk in each month from March 2020 to September 2020?
- Of the high risk cases, in each month what number of the missing incidents were reported from:
- Home
- Hospital
- Care settings
- Other (please provide a list of the other types of locations recorded)
- In what number of incidents was a suicide marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level - In what number of incidents was a self-harm marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level - What outcomes were recorded in each month at the point of case closure (for example, found safe and well, found deceased, experienced harm, etc.)
March 2019 – September 2019
- How many missing children incidents were recorded as high, medium and low risk in each month from March 2019 to September 2019?
- Of the high risk cases, in each month what number of the missing incidents were reported from:
- Home
- Hospital
- Care settings
- Other (please provide a list of the other types of locations recorded)
- In what number of incidents was a suicide marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level - In what number of incidents was a self-harm marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level - What outcomes were recorded in each month at the point of case closure (for example, found safe and well, found deceased, experienced harm, etc.)
Disclosure with exemptions
Partial
Information correct as at
12/11/20
Date of disclosure
17/11/20
Related documents
FOI 14913 response
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In respect of your enquiry:
March 2020 – September 2020
1) How many missing children incidents were recorded as high, medium and low risk in each month from March 2020 to September 2020?
|
|
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
22 |
16 |
19 |
37 |
34 |
37 |
25 |
190 |
|
Medium |
359 |
288 |
273 |
328 |
327 |
307 |
313 |
2195 |
|
Low |
1 |
|
1 |
|||||
|
Total |
381 |
304 |
292 |
365 |
361 |
345 |
338 |
2386 |
2) Of the high risk cases, in each month what number of the missing incidents were reported from:
- Home
- Hospital
- Care settings
- Other (please provide a list of the other types of locations recorded)
|
High Risk |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Home/Neighbourhood |
14 |
15 |
15 |
32 |
28 |
22 |
14 |
140 |
|
Hospital |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|||||
|
Children's Residential Care Home |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
26 |
|
Leisure Facilities |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|||||
|
MHA Patient (Sectioned) |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|||||
|
MHA Patient (Voluntary) |
1 |
1 |
||||||
|
Place of Education |
2 |
2 |
||||||
|
Street |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
||
|
Town Centre |
1 |
1 |
||||||
|
Total |
22 |
16 |
19 |
37 |
34 |
37 |
25 |
190 |
3) In what number of incidents was a suicide marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level
|
Suicide |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
Female |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
Total |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
|
Suicide |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
|
0 |
||||||
|
Medium |
5 |
5 |
1 |
|
11 |
|||
|
Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
4) In what number of incidents was a self-harm marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level
No vulnerability marker for Self Harm exists
|
Self Harm |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Self Harm |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
|
0 |
||||||
|
Medium |
|
0 |
||||||
|
Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5) What outcomes were recorded in each month at the point of case closure (for example, found safe and well, found deceased, experienced harm, etc.)
|
|
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Found |
380 |
304 |
292 |
365 |
359 |
345 |
335 |
2380 |
|
Found - Dead |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
|
Found - Self harmed |
18 |
14 |
12 |
10 |
23 |
17 |
18 |
112 |
|
Found - Sexual Offence Victim |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
|
Found - Suffered harm |
34 |
23 |
25 |
26 |
36 |
36 |
34 |
214 |
|
Found - Physical Injury |
15 |
7 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
16 |
14 |
87 |
|
Found - Accidental harm |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
17 |
|
Found - Emotional harm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
We cannot provide the information specifically asked for but can provide the below however this appears to be incomplete. There also may be duplicates as one person could be found with multiple outcomes
March 2019 – September 2019
6) How many missing children incidents were recorded as high, medium and low risk in each month from March 2019 to September 2019?
|
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
33 |
34 |
28 |
27 |
49 |
22 |
28 |
221 |
|
Medium |
449 |
421 |
448 |
474 |
518 |
380 |
387 |
3077 |
|
Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
482 |
455 |
476 |
501 |
567 |
402 |
415 |
3298 |
7) Of the high risk cases, in each month what number of the missing incidents were reported from:
- Home
- Hospital
- Care settings
- Other (please provide a list of the other types of locations recorded)
|
High Risk |
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Home/Neighbourhood |
25 |
23 |
20 |
16 |
39 |
9 |
21 |
153 |
|
Hospital |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|||
|
Children's Residential Care Home |
2 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
18 |
|
|
Leisure Facilities |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
Licensed Premises |
1 |
|
1 |
|||||
|
MHA Patient (Sectioned) |
1 |
|
1 |
|||||
|
MHA Patient (Voluntary) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
||||
|
Place of Education |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
|
|
Street |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
10 |
|
|
Town Centre |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
Total |
33 |
34 |
28 |
27 |
49 |
22 |
28 |
221 |
8) In what number of incidents was a suicide marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level
|
Suicide |
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Female |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
17 |
|
Total |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
|
Suicide |
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
1 |
|
1 |
|||||
|
Medium |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
17 |
|
Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
18 |
9) In what number of incidents was a self-harm marker recorded in each month?
Please provide these figures broken down by gender
Please provide these figures broken down by risk assessment level
No vulnerability marker for Self Harm exists
|
Self Harm |
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Self Harm |
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
High |
|
0 |
||||||
|
Medium |
|
0 |
||||||
|
Low |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10) What outcomes were recorded in each month at the point of case closure (for example, found safe and well, found deceased, experienced harm, etc.)
We cannot provide the information specifically asked for but can provide the below however this appears to be incomplete. There also may be duplicates as one person could be found with multiple outcomes
|
|
Mar-19 |
Apr-19 |
May-19 |
Jun-19 |
Jul-19 |
Aug-19 |
Sep-19 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Found |
482 |
455 |
476 |
501 |
567 |
400 |
415 |
3296 |
|
Found - Dead |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
14 |
|
Found - Self harmed |
20 |
12 |
18 |
24 |
20 |
12 |
14 |
120 |
|
Found - Sexual Offence Victim |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
16 |
|
Found - Suffered harm |
43 |
27 |
42 |
46 |
51 |
25 |
30 |
264 |
|
Found - Physical Injury |
19 |
12 |
19 |
16 |
23 |
11 |
8 |
108 |
|
Found - Accidental harm |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
21 |
|
Found - Emotional harm |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
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