Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times schools have reported concerns to her Department or to other relevant authorities on missing children in the context of trafficking for forced marriage.

We have not found any instances where in the last year schools have made representations to this Department about marriage under religious law below the age of 16, or reported concerns about children missing in the context of trafficking for forced marriage. Safeguarding concerns in relation to such issues should be reported to the local authority in line with local procedures.