FOI 179-24 Child Abductions
Enquiry Reference: 179 -24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request, Below is your request and our response.
Could you please provide a count for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 of:
- child abductions by a parent (Home Office classification 13/13), child abductions by other persons (Home Office classification 13/2), kidnappings (Home Office classification 36/1) when the victim was aged under 18 at the time of the offence.
Below are the volume of crimes recorded of child abduction and kidnapping by the year the crime was validated.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
013/01 - Abduction of a child by parent |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
013/02 - Abduction of a child by other persons |
6 |
17 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
|
036/01 - Kidnapping |
21 |
19 |
25 |
33 |
25 |
|
Grand Total |
30 |
41 |
30 |
45 |
31 |
This tables shows those same crimes but when the victim was aged under 18 at the time of the offence.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
013/01 - Abduction of a child by parent |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
013/02 - Abduction of a child by other persons |
6 |
15 |
3 |
10 |
5 |
|
036/01 - Kidnapping |
3 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
|
Grand Total |
12 |
21 |
7 |
19 |
17 |
- child abductions where a parent abducted children to 1980 Hague Convention States v non-Hague Convention States
We have read through the Mo’s of the incidents above and only 1 incident has another country mentioned within the report.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker