PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RUNAWAY CHILDREN (27 November 2006)

That this House supports the Children's Society's Safe and Sound campaign to make England safe for the 100,000 children who run away from home or care each year; is alarmed at the Society's findings that almost half of all children who have run away for over a week have been physically or sexually hurt in that period; calls on all local authorities to put into place the safeguards recommended by the Department of Health to protect young runaways; and further calls on the Department for Education and Skills to publish the evaluations of the six pilot schemes for flexible community-based accommodation for young runaways across England and for the Department to set out how the lessons learnt can be incorporated in the swift establishment of a national network of safe places for children and young people.

Sponsored by:
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)