- Reference: 2024/0501
- Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
- Meeting date: 22 February 2024
In October 2023, HMICFRS made the following recommendation: “By 31 December 2023, the Metropolitan Police Service should make sure that, in respect of missing children: those responsible for grading the risks to which each missing child is exposed are sufficiently trained and able to appropriately assess the risks, using all relevant information held by or available to the force; it appropriately assesses risk in all cases; and it investigates cases of missing children effectively from the first point of contact and that its response is proportionate to the level of risk.” What progress has been made on this recommendation?