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Written Question
Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
Tuesday 27th September 2016

Asked by: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service in each year from 2005 to date.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

While the Crown Prosecution Service and the police work with each other at an early stage on Female Genital Mutilation cases to ensure all avenues of enquiry can be pursued, the CPS only records data on the Case Management System following a positive decision to charge a case.

The Casework Management System records that one FGM case was charged in 2014 and resulted in an acquittal in 2015.