Action for Children's response to the joint APPG report on children who go missing from care

Sue Cotton, Head of Children's Programmes at Action for Children, said:
"This report is crucial in highlighting how the UK's most vulnerable children and young people are being let down by a system that is meant to protect them.
 
All of our work with children and families shows us that individual needs are paramount when placing a child. Regulatory measures need to be joined up and robust so if a child is placed away from home, it needs to be in their best interests so their lives can be turned around.
 
Action for Children welcomes the urgency of the government's action to tackle serious failings of the current system. All suggested reforms need to look deeper into the standards of care and exactly why vulnerable children have been put at risk the way they have."