§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adults and how many children,506W respectively, are known to have gone missing in the Metropolitan police district during each of the last three Christmas periods.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 19 December 1988]: The available information is given in the following table:
Adults and children reported missing in the Metropolitan Police District in December and still missing on 16 December 1988 Month reported missing Adults aged 18 or over Children aged under 18 December 1985 10 2 December 1986 24 5 December 1987 1 20 5 1 New counting procedures were introduced from the beginning of 1987, hence the figures for previous years are not comparable.