Return Home Interviews and missing children
Dear Thames Valley Police,
Please find below a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. The data I require relates to Return Home Interviews (RHI), child exploitation and missing children
When you respond with confirmation that you have received my request, could you please advise whether any clarification is needed in order to complete my request? Please ensure any questions arrive to me prior to the 20 day deadline.
My questions are:
+ How many instances of missing children did you have reported to you Jan 2017-Jan 2019? Can you send gender/age/location/outcome breakdown? Please can you also indicate how many different children were reported missing for comparison.
+ Can you send me your information sharing protocols from local authority Return Home Interviews, if you have any? Please indicate if you do not.
+ If a senior member of staff is happy to offer an opinion - would you say you feel enough information is being shared with you by local authorities from return interviews? (Y/N)
+Do you have any data gathering mechanisms for whether child exploitation happens in particular areas and is this database supported by information gained from information sharing with the local authority?
+How many times was child exploitation reported to you in connection with a Return Home Interview Jan 2014-Jan 2019?
Yours faithfully,
Poppy Damon
Dear Poppy Damon,
Thank you for your email. Please accept this reply as an acknowledgement to your email . We will respond within due course and within the legal requirements. We trust this assists.
Kind regards
Jasbir Ahluwalia| Public Access Assistant
Joint Information Management Unit | Hampshire Constabulary & Thames Valley Police
Telephone +44(0)1865 542051 | Internal | 300-6455
Email Address [email address] or [email address]
Good Afternoon,
I write in reference to the above referenced Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2000. Under the provisions of Section 16: Advice and Assistance, I
seek clarification in regards to element one of your request which I have
repeated below.
+ How many instances of missing children did you have reported to you Jan
2017-Jan 2019? Can you
send gender/age/location/outcome breakdown? Please can you also indicate
how many different
children were reported missing for comparison.
Are you able to clarify what you mean with regards to ‘different children’
where you would like the comparison to be made?
Your request will be placed on hold pending this clarification.
Yours sincerely
Claire Baldwin - Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Thames Valley Police and Hampshire
Constabulary
External: +44 (0)1865 542051 | Internal: 300-6773
Address: Thames Valley Police Headquarters, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5
2NX
Dear Claire,
Thank you so much for your email and assisting with my request. To clarify, when I say 'different children' I am just looking for numbers of instances of a child being reported missing v how many children were reported missing. For example: " There were 1,300 instances of a child being reported missing. There were 500 children involved in these cases."
Alternatively, if possible (but not essential ) I would be keen to see a reflection of how many times different children ran away. For example:
Jan 2017-Jan 2018
child 1 (F, 17 years old): 50 instances
child 2 (M, 14 years): 8 instances
Please let me know if I can clarify further.
Yours sincerely,
Poppy Damon
Good Morning,
Please find attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information
request
Kind Regards
Claire Baldwin - Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Thames Valley Police and Hampshire
Constabulary
External: +44 (0)1865 542051 | Internal: 300-6773
Address: Thames Valley Police Headquarters, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5
2NX
Dear Claire,
Thank you for getting back with this information. Would you be able to clarify whether Thames Valley Police does have information sharing protocols between the local authority specifically about Return Home Interviews?
Yours sincerely,
Poppy Damon
Good Morning,
Thank you for your email. This has been logged as a new Freedom of Information request with the reference number HQ/PA 3053/19. We will issue a response within the legal time frames.
Kind Regards
Claire Morton - Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary
External: +44 (0)1865 542051 | Internal: 300-6773
Address: Thames Valley Police Headquarters, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2NX
Good Afternoon,
Please find attached the response to your recent Freedom of information
request
Kind Regards
Claire Morton - Public Access Officer
Joint Information Management Unit | Thames Valley Police and Hampshire
Constabulary
External: +44 (0)1865 542051 | Internal: 300-6773
Address: Thames Valley Police Headquarters, Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5
2NX
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