Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Department has made of the cost to police forces of dealing with missing persons cases in each of the last five years.

The Government recognises that people that go missing include some of the most vulnerable people in our society. That is why this Government will do all it can to ensure those people are protected from harm.

The Home Office is working with partners to address the issues faced by those who go missing through its refreshed Missing Children and Adults Strategy which will be published in the coming months.

The Home Office does not hold information on the cost to police forces of dealing with missing persons cases.