Home secretary Theresa May will meet with Kate and Gerry McCann to discuss how the search for their daughter Madeleine is progressing.

Madeleine McCann has been missing since 2007

The Home Office announced the meeting will take place following an exchange of letters between Mrs May and the McCanns.

Madeleine's parents requested to see the home secretary and details of the meeting are being confirmed, a Home Office spokeman said.

The Leicestershire couple, whose daughter went missing from their holiday apartment in the Algarve, want a review of all the information in the hands of British and Portuguese authorities.

Mrs May's interest in the case follows an internal review of evidence ordered by former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson last year.

Mr Johnson wanted an outline of how a new investigation into Madeleine's disappearance might work.

The McCanns are continuing the search for their daughter with private invetigators

The report is understood to be almost complete and there is speculation that a fresh probe into the case could be ordered.

However, the Metropolitan Police have said there are no plans to reopen the investigation.

Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing in Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007, while her parents dined with friends nearby.

Mr and Mrs McCann were originally named as arguidos - or suspects - by Portuguese police and a senior officer involved in the inquiry wrote a damning book about the case.

But, since their arguido status was lifted, the McCanns have campaigned to keep the search for their daughter going.

Although both Portuguese and British police have closed their investigations, money raised by the The Madeleiene Foundation has been put towards hiring private investigators to continue the search.