Apr. 01 2008
Source Page: Tackling Violence Against Women: A cross-government narrative. 44 p.Found: civil protection for people threatened with forced marriage.
Mar. 08 2012
Source Page: Call to End Violence against Women and Girls. Taking Action – the next chapter. 48 p.Found: breaches of the civil Forced Marriage Protection Orders.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Stewart of Dirleton on 29 March 2023 (HL6584), when the government-funded feasibility study on the prevalence of female genital mutilation and forced marriage in England and Wales will be published.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Since April 2019, the Home Office has required police forces to provide quarterly data returns on the number of offences they have recorded as being related to ‘honour’-based abuse, which includes FGM. In October 2023, the Home Office published the fourth set of these annual statistics, which included 84 offences relating to FGM covering the year to March 2023. Data on prosecutions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.
Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recorded one offence which was charged by the police under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. This was discontinued at its first hearing due to an incorrect charge submitted by the police. Separately, in October 2023, a defendant was found guilty of aiding the female genital mutilation of a non-UK person contrary to section 3 of the Act. This defendant was originally charged in 2018.
In April 2023, the Home Office commissioned the University of Birmingham to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether it is possible to produce a robust prevalence estimate of FGM and forced marriage. This work is ongoing and decisions about next steps will be taken in due course.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many female genital mutilation offences were recorded between April 2022 and March 2023; and of those, how many prosecutions have occurred.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Since April 2019, the Home Office has required police forces to provide quarterly data returns on the number of offences they have recorded as being related to ‘honour’-based abuse, which includes FGM. In October 2023, the Home Office published the fourth set of these annual statistics, which included 84 offences relating to FGM covering the year to March 2023. Data on prosecutions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.
Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recorded one offence which was charged by the police under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. This was discontinued at its first hearing due to an incorrect charge submitted by the police. Separately, in October 2023, a defendant was found guilty of aiding the female genital mutilation of a non-UK person contrary to section 3 of the Act. This defendant was originally charged in 2018.
In April 2023, the Home Office commissioned the University of Birmingham to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether it is possible to produce a robust prevalence estimate of FGM and forced marriage. This work is ongoing and decisions about next steps will be taken in due course.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: I am also providing Lord Hope with further evidence about prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act
Correspondence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: LIMELIGHT, a joint operation between Border Force and the police, continues to ra ise awareness of FGM and forced
Mar. 09 2009
Source Page: Together we can end violence against women and girls : a consultation paper. 48 p.Found: We have strengthened the legislation on forced marriage, and our new Forced Marriage Unit helped over
Nov. 25 2010
Source Page: Call to End Violence against Women and Girls. 29 p.Found: We know that practices such as forced marriage 11 where the majority of those affected are women and
Oral Evidence Apr. 15 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: But in areas like domestic service, forced marriage and sex work, it is very difficult to identify it
Aug. 07 2024
Source Page: Minoritised Ethnic Women's Experiences of Domestic Abuse and Barriers to Help-Seeking: A Summary of the EvidenceFound: marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), and in extreme cases, forced suicide and murder