Police have insisted they did not ignore tip-offs about the location of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
Questions have been raised about why it took 24 days to find the nine-year-old less than a mile from her home in Dewsbury.
But Chief Superintendent Barry South, who is leading the investigation, has rejected the criticism of the inquiry.
He said: "Let me put on notice that, had we known at any time the whereabouts of Shannon, we would have been there within seconds."
Ch Supt South would not be drawn on when the schoolgirl would be allowed to go home, saying: "That's not for me to decide upon. We have got specialist people working with her.
"They will advise as to how that needs to happen and, more importantly, when it happens."
Detectives have until lunchtime to question a 39-year-old man on suspicion of abduction.
Shannon was discovered in the base of a divan bed at the suspect's flat in the Batley Carr area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Friday afternoon.
Her mother, Karen Matthews, released a statement backing the police's decision to take Shannon into custody, saying: "I fully understand that the police need to keep speaking to Shannon.
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