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Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help increase prosecution rates for offences relating to female genital mutilation.

answeredAttorney General

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help increase prosecution rates for offences relating to female genital mutilation.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is dedicated to addressing female genital mutilation (FGM) and all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), aiming to halve VAWG in the next decade. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is actively working to increase FGM prosecuti...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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