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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-19more like thismore than 2018-02-19
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General remove filter
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for female genital mutilation. more like this
tabling member constituency Canterbury more like this
tabling member printed
Rosie Duffield more like this
uin 127960 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-27more like thismore than 2018-02-27
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has made the prosecution of female genital mutilation (FGM) a priority and has introduced a series of measures to further improve its handling of these cases. Every FGM case reported to the police is eligible for early investigative advice from the CPS, and training on FGM has been delivered to investigators and prosecutors across the country.</p><p>The CPS has also appointed lead FGM prosecutors for each CPS area and agreed investigation and prosecution protocols with local police forces.</p><p>Where FGM is not charged, other offences will be considered, and the CPS has developed an <em>aide memoire</em> for prosecutors and police identifying other offences which may be considered in the event that evidence does not support an offence under the FGM Act 2003.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-27T10:41:58.32Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-27T10:41:58.32Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4616
label Biography information for Rosie Duffield more like this