We shall focus on giving our children more protection through the social exclusion unit's ongoing review of young rough sleepers and runaways.
One third of runaways come from social services care.
I would have thought that most runaways never went back.
As was suggested, we need a national database on missing persons and runaways which is accessible to approved agencies outside the police service.
If young people can find a way of playing the system, that will result in an increased number of runaways.
I should like first to speak about the police contribution in dealing with runaways.
The police have a lot of experience with young runaways and know a great deal about them.
The police have done well in tracing young runaways.
