The number of children running away from home in Suffolk has risen, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The BBC report:

The number of children running away from care in Suffolk has has risen by 75% in four years, figures show.

Following a BBC Freedom of Information request, the county council said 71 youngsters ran away in 2012, compared to 41 in 2009.

The council had 780 “looked after children” in 2012 and 715 in 2009.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
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.