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Almost 650 children reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014 were at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or serious harm, a report has suggested.Almost 650 children reported missing in Greater Manchester in 2014 were at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) or serious harm, a report has suggested.
The study said police received 9,789 reports concerning 3,242 missing under-18s between January and September.The study said police received 9,789 reports concerning 3,242 missing under-18s between January and September.
It said some had been reported missing more than once and almost half of the reports were about children in care.It said some had been reported missing more than once and almost half of the reports were about children in care.
The report by Stockport MP Ann Coffey was commissioned in the wake of the Rochdale grooming case in 2012.The report by Stockport MP Ann Coffey was commissioned in the wake of the Rochdale grooming case in 2012.
The report found that of the 3,242 individuals reported missing to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), 530 were in care.The report found that of the 3,242 individuals reported missing to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), 530 were in care.
'Absent' children
It stated that one in five of those reported missing were at risk of serious harm, including CSE.It stated that one in five of those reported missing were at risk of serious harm, including CSE.
In 2013, police forces introduced a new recording system, which separated reports of missing children into two categories - missing, which receives an immediate response, and absent, which does not.In 2013, police forces introduced a new recording system, which separated reports of missing children into two categories - missing, which receives an immediate response, and absent, which does not.
The report found there were 4,923 additional episodes where a child was reported as absent.The report found there were 4,923 additional episodes where a child was reported as absent.
'Flaunting guidance'
In the report, Ms Coffey said: "There must be concern about the high number of looked after children who continue to generate multiple missing reports, as these children are particularly vulnerable to CSE."In the report, Ms Coffey said: "There must be concern about the high number of looked after children who continue to generate multiple missing reports, as these children are particularly vulnerable to CSE."
She said she had "strong concerns" that some of the independent private children's homes in Greater Manchester were "flaunting government guidance, which says they have to notify the local authority when a child moves in from another area".She said she had "strong concerns" that some of the independent private children's homes in Greater Manchester were "flaunting government guidance, which says they have to notify the local authority when a child moves in from another area".
"GMP told me that seven children assessed at high risk of CSE were recently placed into two private children's homes in one local authority area from a local authority in the Midlands," she said."GMP told me that seven children assessed at high risk of CSE were recently placed into two private children's homes in one local authority area from a local authority in the Midlands," she said.
"The local authority, GMP and CSE teams were not informed of their arrival."The local authority, GMP and CSE teams were not informed of their arrival.
"The children came to notice because they went missing shortly after they arrived.""The children came to notice because they went missing shortly after they arrived."
The report recommends further research into the new police system, spot checks on children's homes and care provision for 16 and 17-year-olds to be registered and inspected by Ofsted, in the way under-16 care is.The report recommends further research into the new police system, spot checks on children's homes and care provision for 16 and 17-year-olds to be registered and inspected by Ofsted, in the way under-16 care is.
The report was commissioned by Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd to assess the improvements in protecting youngsters after nine men were jailed in 2012 for running a child sexual exploitation ring in Heywood and Rochdale.The report was commissioned by Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd to assess the improvements in protecting youngsters after nine men were jailed in 2012 for running a child sexual exploitation ring in Heywood and Rochdale.
Ms Coffey will deliver the report's full findings on Thursday.Ms Coffey will deliver the report's full findings on Thursday.