Date range : 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019:
1. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that have been:
a. Identified as having been trafficked or a victim of modern slavery – including, but not limited to, those identified through the National Referral Mechanism.
b. Suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery , if not included in a.
c. Identified as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) or a separated child.
Trafficking in DfE Children In Need (CIN) census guidance includes slavery so information provided below only includes ‘trafficked’ where identified during a child’s assessment, which also covers types of slavery. The definition of trafficking (code 12A) The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime to the UN Convention (the ‘Palermo Protocol’) defines trafficking as“the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.” Any child transported for exploitative reasons is considered to be a trafficking victim, whether or not they have been forced or deceived.”
| Number of children | 2019 |
| Looked after children in the care of your authority that have been identified as having been trafficked or a victim of modern slavery | 5 |
| Suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery , if not included in a. | Included in above |
| Looked after children in the care of your authority that have been identified as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC) | 19 |
2. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority:
a. Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent.
b. Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent.
| Number of children | 2019 |
| Looked after children in the care of your authority who have been identified or suspected as having been trafficked/a victim of modern slavery and have gone missing or absent. | 4 |
| Looked after children in the care of your authority identified as an UASC that have gone missing or absent. | 1 |
3. The total number of individual incidents (which could involve the same child on more than one
occasion) of looked after children in the care of your authority:
a. Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent.
b. Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent.
| Number of children | 2019 |
| Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent. | 25 |
| Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent. | 1 |
4. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those that subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified or suspected as having been trafficked or identified as an UASC or separated child.
*We hold this information but as disclosure may identify individuals and therefore breach their rights under Data Protection laws we consider it is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40(2) Personal data. Department for Education guidance states that a young person’s legal status ends on their 18th birthday which means their missing status must have an end date and we do not hold information about individuals who may have turned 18 without being found. .
5. For all of the above please provide a breakdown of these numbers by gender and nationality of the child (e.g. British, Vietnamese, etc.) If identification is a concern due to small numbers involved, please give the total figures and specify whether the child is British / an EU national / non EU national. For Q3 & Q4, please add the length of time the child was missing during each incident.
Gender
Male 16
Female 8
We hold nationality information, although that is not always recorded, but as disclosure may identify individuals and therefore breach their rights under Data Protection laws we consider the information to be exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40(2) Personal Data.
Hours missing for each incident
1.15
1.15
5.25
0.29
72.55
48.5
24
24
9.3
48
24
33.5
3.5
24
29
54
10.5
24
9.45
22.05
5.17
11.2
23.1
2.1
13.31
More information can be found in the previous response linked to below :