FOI Request - Return Home Interviews and Child Exploitation

Request 101003113303

Please provide the following three totals covering the period between 1 January 2019 and 19 July 2022, disaggregated by year (for example, '2019', '2020', 2021 etc):

- The number of recorded statutory Return Home Interviews (RHI) you have conducted with children (interviewees aged 17 and under)
- The number of recorded RHIs aged 17 or under with a recorded risk of Child Exploitation (CE)
- The number of recorded RHIs aged 17 or under with a recorded risk of CE who have multiple 'missing' episodes

Response 15-08-2022

Please see the response below for CALA (residential accommodation facility for six children aged 11 and over in Elgin). The service responded that discussions are not recorded as Return Home Interviews (RHI) but instead do complete debriefs following any incident of them failing to return home, which does cover similar details to a RHI.

Numbers below on the debriefs completed with Young people failing to return:

- The number of recorded statutory Return Home Interviews (RHI) you have conducted with children (interviewees aged 17 and under)
2019 - *
2020 - 14
2021 - 22
2022 - *
- The number of recorded RHIs aged 17 or under with a recorded risk of Child Exploitation (CE)
2019 - *
2020 - 13
2021 - 22
2022 - *
- The number of recorded RHIs aged 17 or under with a recorded risk of CE who have multiple 'missing' episodes
2019 - *
2020 - 13
2021 - 22
2022 - *

Please note: numbers of 5 or less have been redacted (*) as low numbers may lead to the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Personal Information.