The Coalition Government has part funded a new study by Equality Now and City University into the prevalence of female genital mutilation in England and Wales.
The interim report, published in July 2014, has estimated that approximately 60,000 girls aged 0-14 were born in England and Wales to mothers who had had FGM, and that approximately 103,000 women aged 15-49 and approximately 24,000 women aged 50 and over who have migrated to England and Wales are living with the consequences of FGM. In addition, approximately 10,000 girls aged under 15 who have migrated to England and Wales are likely to have suffered FGM.
The full report, with data disaggregated to a local level, will be released in the new year.
In addition, since April 2014 NHS staff have been required to record in a patient\u2019s healthcare record whenever it is identified that the patient has
suffered FGM. This applies to all NHS clinicians and healthcare professionals across the NHS. The collection became mandatory on 1 September 2014.The first aggregated monthly data return from acute hospital providers inEngland, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, reported that in September 2014 there were 1,279 patients identified as having undergoneFGM prior to the reporting period, who were still being actively seen or treatedfor FGM-related conditions or any other non-related condition, and 467 newly identified cases of FGM nationally.<\/p>
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These have now been published. A copy has been placed in Parliament\u2019s Libraries and is available online on the government\u2019s website at: www.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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In addition, the Home Secretary has established a National Oversight Group to ensure that the recommendations from HMIC\u2019s March Review into domestic abuse are acted upon. This includes work to improve data collection and data sharing on serial abusers.
The Home Office consultation on strengthening the law on domestic abuse closed on 15 October. We are currently considering the responses and we will consider all of the issues raised in order to determine next steps to offer the best possible protection for victims.<\/p>
There is ongoing work by government and the police to improve the efficiency of the system. An important component for this is the development of an onlinesystem called eCommerce which is being developed by the police as part of a business change programme to standardise and improve turnaround times.
Information about the number of firearms certificates issued in each region of England and Wales is published in "Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales 2013/14" which is available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014<\/a>
Information relating to the number of certificates issued in Scotland can be found on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/10/4039/0<\/a>
The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the PSNI Statistics page of its website at:
http://www.psni.police.uk/directory/updates/updates_statistics.htm<\/a>. However, there are no series of statistics that are directly comparable to those for England and Wales or Scotland.<\/p>
There is ongoing work by government and the police to improve the efficiency of the system. An important component for this is the development of an onlinesystem called eCommerce which is being developed by the police as part of a business change programme to standardise and improve turnaround times.
Information about the number of firearms certificates issued in each region of England and Wales is published in "Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales 2013/14" which is available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014<\/a>
Information relating to the number of certificates issued in Scotland can be found on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/10/4039/0<\/a>
The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the PSNI Statistics page of its website at:
http://www.psni.police.uk/directory/updates/updates_statistics.htm<\/a>. However, there are no series of statistics that are directly comparable to those for England and Wales or Scotland.<\/p>
There is ongoing work by government and the police to improve the efficiency of the system. An important component for this is the development of an onlinesystem called eCommerce which is being developed by the police as part of a business change programme to standardise and improve turnaround times.
Information about the number of firearms certificates issued in each region of England and Wales is published in "Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales 2013/14" which is available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014/firearm-and-shotgun-certificates-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-march-2014<\/a>
Information relating to the number of certificates issued in Scotland can be found on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/10/4039/0<\/a>
The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the PSNI Statistics page of its website at:
http://www.psni.police.uk/directory/updates/updates_statistics.htm<\/a>. However, there are no series of statistics that are directly comparable to those for England and Wales or Scotland.<\/p>