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Deposited Papers
Home Office

Dec. 05 2011

Source Page: Missing children and adults: a cross Government strategy. 28 p.
Document: DEP2011-1961.pdf (PDF)

Found: , 13th June 2011 ( Martin Houghton-Brown, Missing People) 3 Missing Persons Taskforce briefing paper:


Written Question
Gaza: Israel
Monday 17th February 2025

Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support measures to document the locations of reported mass graves in Gaza; and what representations they have made to, or received from, the International Commission on Missing Persons regarding the protection of such sites, conducting investigations, and facilitating the reliable identification of human remains.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We have not made, or received, representations from the International Commission of Missing Persons. It has not been possible to send equipment to Gaza, required to conduct such investigations.


Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-36589
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Asked by: Briggs, Miles (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Lothian)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have been reported missing in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety

The information requested is not held or collected centrally by Scottish Government. However, Police Scotland may be able to provide some data obtained from their National Missing Persons Application which was introduced in April 2019.


Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-36590
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Asked by: Briggs, Miles (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Lothian)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have been reported as running away from home in each local authority area in each year since 1999.

Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety

The information requested is not held or collected centrally by Scottish Government. However, Police Scotland may be able to provide some data obtained from their National Missing Persons Application which was introduced in April 2019.


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill - Tue 10 Dec 2024

Mentions:
1: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) bill will make positive changes.The appointment of a judicial factor to manage the property of a missing - Speech Link
2: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) I will briefly touch on two issues in relation to missing persons and charities.The committee recommended - Speech Link


Written Question
Police: Biometrics
Tuesday 11th February 2025

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are not wanted for arrest have been placed on police facial recognition watchlists.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Watchlists for live facial recognition deployments are compiled by the police and are specific to the operational requirements of each deployment

The College of Policing have published national guidance which sets out the categories of people that can be included on watchlists. They include people who are wanted either by the police or by the courts, missing persons, vulnerable people and people who could be a danger to themselves or others.

In each case there must be appropriate justification and authorisation, always passing the tests of necessity, proportionality and use for a policing purpose.


Written Question
Syria: Armed Conflict
Thursday 8th May 2025

Asked by: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat - Cheadle)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on ensuring that members of the previous Syrian Government are held accountable for (a) the use of chemical weapons and (b) other crimes against humanity.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We support the UN and civil society accountability efforts, including developing a credible evidence base to record atrocities committed by the former regime and others. We are also working with international partners to support the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to destroy Assad's chemical weapons programme and ensure those responsible are held accountable.

We supported the establishment of both the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism and Independent Institution for Missing Persons, and welcomed the recent renewal of the Commission of Inquiry in April. We are advocating for these mechanisms to have the operational remit to complement Syrian-led accountability efforts.


Written Question
Police: Biometrics
Tuesday 11th February 2025

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of police forces using facial recognition technology to identify individuals not sought in connection to ongoing criminal investigations.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Watchlists for live facial recognition deployments are compiled by the police and are specific to the operational requirements of each deployment

The College of Policing have published national guidance which sets out the categories of people that can be included on watchlists. They include people who are wanted either by the police or by the courts, missing persons, vulnerable people and people who could be a danger to themselves or others.

In each case there must be appropriate justification and authorisation, always passing the tests of necessity, proportionality and use for a policing purpose.


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 - Tue 19 Nov 2024

Mentions:
1: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) such a requirement was not imposed in relation to section 1(3) appointments because the relevant persons - Speech Link
2: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) As such, it makes it clear that the families of missing persons can use the bill.I move amendment 12. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Committee
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of its consideration of the delegated powers in the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill (as amended at Stage 2).
Delegated powers in the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill (as amended at Stage 2)

Report Dec. 03 2024

Committee: Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Found: Section 9A(1) – Guidance about the appointment of judicial factors on the estates of missing persons