FOI request details

Request

Subject: AFC Return home interviews

Reference: LBR-FOI-00647

1.How many children (under 18) were reported missing in your local authority area for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

2.How many individual children did the above relate to? I expect that you will have multiple reports involving the same child.

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

3. How many return home interviews did you complete within 72 hours of a missing episode, for a child (under 18) for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

4. In relation to Q3 how many individual children did this relate to for the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

5. How many of the children in Q4 declined a return home interview in the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

6. How many children in your local authority area who went missing were in your care i.e looked after children for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

7. In relation to Q6 how many missing episodes did this total for the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

8. How many looked after children, who were placed outside your local authority area, went missing in the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

9.In relation to Q8 how many missing episodes did this add up to in total for the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

10. How many return interviews did you complete within 72 hours of a missing episode for children in your care for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

11.In relation to Q10 how many individual children did this relate to in the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

12. How many of the children in Q11 declined a return home interview in the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

13. How many return interviews did you complete within 72 hours of a missing episode, for children in your care placed outside of your local authority area for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

14. In relation to Q13 how many individual children did this relate to for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

15. How many of the children in Q14 declined a return home interview in the following years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

16.How many children have not yet been found for the years:

a) 2019/20

b) 2020/21

c) 2021/22

Response

None Disclosed - 3 February 2023

The information you have requested is not held by London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. You may wish to submit your request to Achieving for Children (AfC) who provide Children's Services on behalf of the Council.

AfC can be contacted directly with FOI requests via the following link:

www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/pages/freedom-of-information

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.