Missing children failed by police system say MPs
At least 10,000 children could be at "terrible risk" because they are effectively off the police鈥檚 radar when they go missing, a group of MPs has warned.
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults found a two-tier police system for recording reported disappearances was dangerous and must be scrapped.
At present there are two categories for registering children - either missing or absent - but, crucially, only those treated as missing get an active police response.
Victoria Derbyshire presenter Norman Smith spoke to Labour MP Ann Coffey, who was the lead on the government inquiry and Lucy Capron who works at The Children's Society, which supports children who run away from home.
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