Information between 3rd February 2024 - 13th April 2024
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Oral Answers to Questions
139 speeches (9,672 words) Wednesday 7th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool, Riverside) had recent discussions with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner on taking steps to help tackle so-called honour-based - Link to Speech 2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Abuse Commissioner regularly, and our last joint visit was to a refuge for minoritised women for whom honour-based - Link to Speech 3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) We use the expression honour-based abuse, which has been controversial in itself, because often victims - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Report - Fifth Report - The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in young people and other high risk groups Women and Equalities Committee Found: asylum process HC 998 5th Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings HC 331 6th So-called honour-based |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024
Report - Large Print - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people Women and Equalities Committee Found: maternal health: Government Response to the Committee’s Third ReportHC 1611 6th SpecialSo-called honour-based |
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Wednesday 13th March 2024
Report - Fourth Report - Accessibility of products and services to disabled people Women and Equalities Committee Found: asylum process HC 998 5th Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings HC 331 6th So-called honour-based |
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Tuesday 5th March 2024
Report - Third Report - Health barriers for girls and women in sport Women and Equalities Committee Found: violence against women and girls; attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings ; so-called honour-based |
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Tuesday 5th March 2024
Report - Large Print - Health barriers for girls and women in sport Women and Equalities Committee Found: maternal health: Government Response to the Committee’s Third ReportHC 1611 6th SpecialSo-called honour-based |
| Written Answers |
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Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) Tuesday 27th February 2024 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. |
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Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) Tuesday 27th February 2024 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. |
| Department Publications - Research |
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Wednesday 27th March 2024
Home Office Source Page: So called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, 2023 to 2024 Document: So called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, 2023 to 2024 (webpage) Found: So called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, 2023 to 2024 |
| Department Publications - Transparency |
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Thursday 21st March 2024
Home Office Source Page: Independent Office for Police Conduct: Public body review 2024 Document: Independent review of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) (PDF) Found: victims of sexual abuse when the victim is from an ethnic minority background and may be at risk of honour |
| Department Publications - Consultations |
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Tuesday 20th February 2024
Home Office Source Page: Statutory guidance on domestic abuse protection notices and protection orders Document: Domestic abuse protection notices and protection orders: draft statutory guidance for the police (PDF) Found: Karma Nirvana HBA helpline – a specialist organisation supporting victims of ‘honour’ - based abuse |