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Speaking on International Missing Children鈥檚 Day, the minister outlined that CEOP will, from 1 July, take the national lead for missing children鈥檚 services.

Through the creation of the UK鈥檚 first ever team of experts dedicated to tackling missing children issues, CEOP will bring their considerable expertise to bear and ensure the right arrangements are in place to protect vulnerable children.

Minister for crime and security James Brokenshire said: 鈥楢round 230,000 missing children reports are made in the UK every year. 皇冠体育app risks children are exposed to are severe and the harm they suffer can be very serious so it is crucial we can act quickly.

鈥楥EOP鈥檚 new responsibility for national missing children鈥檚 services means they can bring their significant child protection expertise to tackle this important issue.鈥�

皇冠体育app new team will lead the national response working in partnership with police forces, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the wider child protection community. 皇冠体育appy will also provide preventative support through the provision of educational tools, products and training to children and professionals, as well as direct operational support to local forces.

Peter Davies, chief executive of CEOP, said: 鈥楾oday鈥檚 announcement is about CEOP providing a national focus for missing children within the policing community and continuing to do what is fundamental to our role - co-ordinating all sectors so that front line practitioners, parents and of course children get the best advice, service and response that collectively we can offer.

鈥楶artnership will be our key theme. We will look to learn, analyse and contribute our expertise to the wider policing community; we will work with children and parents to raise awareness of the risks and the options and we will put into the hands of any investigation our collective specialism to reach rapid and effective conclusions.聽 We will also work to ensure that the causes of children going missing are understood and addressed after their return.鈥�

Lady Catherine Meyer, Parents聽and Abducted Children Together (PACT), said: 鈥楾his announcement is excellent news for all vulnerable children. It is something that PACT has been campaigning for, for nearly a decade. For the first time in the UK there will be a single national centre, bringing together in one place the resources and expertise of government, police, NGOs and the private sector.

鈥樆使谔逵齛ppse changes also send a strong message that crimes against children will not go unpunished and that this government takes children鈥檚 issues very seriously.鈥�

CEOP鈥檚 new capability will provide operational support to the police through resources such as the Child Rescue Alert system and the MissingKids website. It will also ensure arrangements are in place to co-ordinate the collective response to complex cases of missing and abducted children.

Martin Houghton-Brown, chief executive of the charity Missing People, said: We are delighted that CEOP will be joining the front line of services to help find and protect missing children. 皇冠体育appir expertise in safeguarding vulnerable children and extensive work in education will help to ensure the safety of thousands of young people.

鈥楾oday, on International Missing Children鈥檚 Day, as the charity Missing People raises awareness of dozens of missing children on Twitter, we are glad to be supporting an organisation with such a significant presence online鈥�.

Notes to editors

1.听 off and online has seen 624 children safeguarded, 1,131 people arrested and 262 high risk sex offender networks dismantled. 皇冠体育app ClickCEOP button is now widely available to report abuse or suspicious behaviour online and their education programme 鈥楾hink U Know鈥� has reached nearly 8 million children.

2.聽CEOP will assume responsibility for national missing children鈥檚 services on 1 July from the National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) Missing Person鈥檚 Bureau. 皇冠体育app NPIA Missing Persons Bureau will continue to maintain the national missing person鈥檚 database, provide cross-matching with the unidentified body parts database and provide support for missing adults鈥� services.

3.聽皇冠体育app new CEOP capability will include:

• the provision of educational resources and of training for the police;

• supporting police operations through targeted research and analysis (for聽example development of problem profiles on the nature and scale of the issues and emerging trends);

• providing operational support for forces and missing children by extending the CEOP 鈥榦ne stop shop鈥� to include online missing children resources; and

• ensuring co-ordination arrangements and capability are in place to manage complex or high profile missing children cases.

4.聽For more information contact the Home Office press office on 020 7035 3535.