Question follow-through · 63320

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has (a) allocated to and (b) spent on prevention of female genital mutilation in each financial year since 2014-15.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Jun 2025
Target answer date
1 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has (a) allocated to and (b) spent on prevention of female genital mutilation in each financial year since 2014-15.

  2. 1 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) through its landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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