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Female Genital Mutilation

Home Office written question – answered at on 27 April 2017.

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Photo of Alex Salmond Alex Salmond Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (International Affairs and Europe)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent female genital mutilation.

Photo of Sarah Newton Sarah Newton The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and is child abuse that requires domestic and international action. Recent work to prevent it includes:

  • Changes to the law via the Serious Crime Act 2015, including extended extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed overseas, a new failure to protect offence, and the creation of a mandatory reporting duty for known cases in under 18s;
  • the introduction of FGM Protection Orders in July 2015 – the most recent figures show 94 orders have been made;
  • the launch of the Home Office’s FGM Unit which carries out awareness raising and outreach work with professionals and communities; and
  • the Department for International Development’s £35m programme to support the Africa-led movement to end FGM overseas.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2017, cW)

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