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Children's Plan

I commend my hon. Friend on the leadership that she has given on this issue. As she knows, we are working closely with the Children's Society on these matters. In fact, we are implementing some of her proposals by including a national indicator on young runaways in the local government indicator set. That information will be important in enabling us to improve our policy delivery across the country. We are carefully studying her report, which followed her consultations. We shall discuss the details with her, and make a further announcement in due course.