Missing Children from 2024 - Find a freedom of information request

Please can I request the following dataset regarding your missing children from 2024 to allow us to compare data with our regional partners.

 

Missing Episodes:

1. Total missing episodes

2. Of which repeat missing episodes

3. % repeat missing episodes

4. Episodes linked to top 10 missing in year

5. % episodes linked to top 10 missing in year

6. Highest number of missing episodes for one child

7. Missing episodes for LAC

8. % Missing episodes for LAC

9. Of which repeat missing episodes in month

10. % repeat missing episodes for LAC

11. Missing episodes for other LA's LAC placed in your area

12. Missing episodes for children on CP plans

13. Missing episodes for children on CIN plans

14. Missing episodes for children in YJS

 

Total Found Episodes:

1. Total found episodes

2. Found episodes with HRIs completed yourselves as % of found episodes

3. Found episodes with no HRI - other LA LAC as % of found episodes

4. Found episodes with no HRI recorded - your area as % of found episodes

5. HRIs completed with the child/young person's agreement to engage as % of HRIs completed by yourselves

6. HRIs offered but completed without the child/young person's agreement to engage as % of HRIs completed by you

7. % HRIs completed with YP within 3 days of child found

8. Of the HRIs completed with YP engagement - the % completed within 72 hours of found notification

9. Of the HRIs completed without YP engagement - the % completed within 72 hours of found notification

10. Total missing children Of which had repeat missing episodes in month

11. % children had repeat missing episodes in month

12.Total missing your area

13. Of which had repeat missing episodes in month

14. % your area LAC had repeat missing episodes

15.Total missing children Opened to YJS

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.  
 
Missing children from 2024:

Missing Episodes: 

1. 1594

2. 932 

3. 58.5%

4. 284 

5. 17.8%

6. 55 

7. 539 (Includes both Lincolnshire and Other Local Authority Children in Care who go missing in Lincs).

8. 33.9%

9. 51

10. 9.5%

11. 192

12. 36

13. 311

14. Not currently captured. 
  
Total Found Episodes: 

1. 1594

2. 50.4% 

3. Unknown – Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) would not complete their RHI’s.
 
4. 31.4% (This is the % of all Missing Instances where a RHI was nor carried out – except for OLA children and visitors)

5. These are not completed unless we have their engagement/consent. 

6. These are only completed with child’s engagement/consent. 6.7% of RHI offers are declined. 

7. 86.9% 

8. As above. 

9. These are not completed without child engagement. 

10. 51 

11. 3.2%

12. 662 

13. Same request as Q10.

14. 2.0% 

15.Not currently captured.