Number of children going missing from foster care rises by a third

Number of children going missing from foster care rises by a third

Ofsted's review of fostering in England from 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014 has revealed that the number of instances of children going missing has continued to rise. There were 13,305 instances of children going missing during 2013-14; an increase of 36%. The large majority of this increase was attributed to children going missing in Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs).