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Circumcision

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 18 March 2026.

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Photo of Neil Shastri-Hurst Neil Shastri-Hurst Conservative, Solihull West and Shirley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on complications arising out of non-therapeutic circumcision between 2020 and 2025.

Photo of Karin Smyth Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Information on complications arising out of non-therapeutic circumcision between 2020 and 2025 is not held in the format requested.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 18 March 2026, cW)

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