HC Deb 24 November 1927 vol 210 c2073W
Colonel DAY

asked the Home Secretary the number of complaints received by the metropolitan police for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date of girls who have disappeared in the London police area?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The number of females of under 21 years of age reported missing in the metropolitan police district during the 12 months ended 30th September, 1927, is 2,224. Of this number 2,159 were traced or were reported to have returned.