FOI Request - Looked After Children - Ethnicity Risk on Going Missing
Request 101003107552
1. How many Looked After Children were there in your area between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022? Please provide the number broken down by ethnicity.
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Number of children looked after in your area
2. How many of those Looked After Children went missing between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022? Please provide the numbers broken down by ethnicity.
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Number of looked after children in your area who went missing
3. How many incidents of Looked After Children going missing were there between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022? Please provide the numbers broken down by ethnicity.
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Number of missing incidents of looked after children in your area
4. How many of those incidents, broken down by ethnicity, had a:
- Sexual Exploitation marker
- Mental health marker
- Criminal Exploitation marker
- Trafficking marker
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Sexual exploitation marker
Mental health marker
Criminal exploitation marker
Trafficking marker
5. How many children in total (not just LAC) in your area went missing between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022? Please provide the numbers broken down by ethnicity.
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Number of children in your area who went missing
6. How many incidents of children (not just LAC) going missing were there between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022? Please provide the numbers broken down by ethnicity.
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Number of incidents of children going missing in your area
7. How many of those incidents, broken down by ethnicity, had a:
- Sexual Exploitation marker
- Mental health marker
- Criminal Exploitation marker
- Trafficking marker
White Asian or Asian British Black, African, Caribbean or Black British Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups Other ethnic group Information not available
Sexual exploitation marker
Mental health marker
Criminal exploitation marker
Trafficking marker
Response 05-08-2022
1) 7 young people, of those 7 white
2) <5 young people, <5 thereof white. The number of Looked After Children who went missing between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 is less than 5. Due to the low numbers involved, release of this information could result in the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Personal Information.
3) 43 instances of going missing, of those 43 white
4) <5 CSE marker, of which <5 white. The number of incidents of going missing with Criminal Exploitation Marker between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 is less than 5. Due to the low numbers involved, release of this information could result in the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Personal Information.
5)-7) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.