Disclosure Log

Missing People Missing Children Research (FOI/7234)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 05 March 2026

Dear *********                                                                    

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00007234

Thank you for your email of 4th February 2026 where you requested information about Missing People Missing Children Research. The response to you request is provided below. Please accept our apologies for the delay in response.

In your request you asked:

Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025.
  1. Do you record ‘parental conflict’ as a risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor or equivalent in your Return Home Interviews

Yes – We refer to this as ‘Family Relationships – Parental’ and also include categories relating to this theme as:
 
  • Boundary Issues
  • Domestic Violence Parents/Carers
 
  1. If the answer to question 1 is yes, please tell us:
    1. How many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025

1,491
    1. In how many of those Return Home Interviews was ‘parental conflict’ identified

For children missing from home
  • Family Relationships Parental = 205
  • Boundary Issues = 387
  • Domestic Violence Parents/Carers = 18

For Nottinghamshire County Council children missing from our Care
  • Family Relationships Parental = 67
  • Boundary Issues = 105
  • Domestic Violence Parents/Carers = 8

For other Local Authority children missing from Care in Nottinghamshire placements (based only on information shared by OLA’s)
  • Family Relationships Parental = 3
  • Boundary Issues = 38
  • Domestic Violence Parents/Carers = 1
 
  1. If the answer to 1 is no, please tell us:
    1. Do you routinely record another type of risk factor / vulnerability marker / push / pull factor that is similar or equivalent to parental conflictHow many Return Home Interviews were completed in the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
    2. In how many of those Return Home Interviews was / were the answer(s) to 3a identified

Not applicable

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Yours sincerely

The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council