Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
(asked on 2nd March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been (1) prosecuted for, and (2) found guilty of, female genital mutilation in the UK.
This question was answered on 10th March 2020
In the period between the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 coming into force and 31 December 2018, there were 6 prosecutions and 0 convictions for female genital mutilation offences.
The media, however, reported on one conviction early in 2019, but that covers a period for which statistics will be published in May 2020.