In 2015, 533 youngsters went missing, compared to 388 the previous year. Twelve of those were gone for more than a month before returning.

A Gazette Freedom of Information request obtained the figures from Hackney Council, though the interim director of children’s services Steve Liddicott said the rise was a reflection of more reliable reporting since 2014.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.