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<p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government
is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong
suffering to women and girls.</p><p>The Home Office does not collate information on
investigations, arrests and prosecutions centrally. Information on FGM referrals from
the police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2010-18 is available in the
CPS’s Violence Against Women and Girls Report, available at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls"
target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/violence-against-women-and-girls</a></p><p>The
Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to help overcome the barriers
to prosecution, including: a new mandatory reporting duty for known cases of FGM in
under-18s; extension of extra-territorial jurisdiction over FGM offences committed
abroad; lifelong anonymity for victims; FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs); and a new
offence of failure to protect a girl from the risk of FGM. Between their introduction
and 30 September 2018, 296 FGMPOs were made to protect victims and those at risk.</p>
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