Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued for teachers on identifying girls at risk of female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement.

On 3 April 2014 the Department for Education published ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education', which provides schools with updated statutory guidance about pupil safeguarding. The guidance contains information about female genital mutilation (FGM) and a link to more detailed multi-agency guidelines.

On 22 May 2014 the Department's summer term e-mail to all schools drew attention to the statutory guidance and reminded schools of the need to be particularly vigilant in the summer term because of the heightened risk during the summer holiday.