Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
(asked on 11th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there have been any more female genital prosecutions in the UK since the first conviction in February 2019.
This question was answered on 21st September 2023
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Outcomes by Offence data tool using the following HO code:
- 00852 - Offences under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003
Since the first conviction in February 2019, there was one prosecution in 2022, and no convictions for the offence of FGM.
The data tool can be accessed via the following link: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).