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date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of instances of taking children into care under safeguarding law in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM) (1) before, during and after a prosecution for FGM, irrespective of the outcome of the investigation and prosecution, and (2) in cases when family members are willing and able to take responsibility for them.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Data on children being taken into care does not identify the cases where female genital mutilation (FGM) was the reason for the child going into care.</p><p>FGM is child abuse and it is illegal. The government is determined to eradicate FGM here and abroad and it cannot be condoned or ignored on the basis of it being a 'cultural tradition'. Services should safeguard children from this abuse as from any other form of abuse. The statement of the knowledge and skills required by child and family social workers includes that they should be able to take account of harmful practices in specific communities such as female genital mutilation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL2497 question first answered 25/03/2020 17:44:07 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1184480

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of instances of taking children into care under safeguarding law in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM) only on the basis of risk factors, such as the fact that the child’s mother had been subject to FGM, without direct evidence that the child is going to be subjected to FGM.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL2497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Data on children being taken into care does not identify the cases where female genital mutilation (FGM) was the reason for the child going into care.</p><p>FGM is child abuse and it is illegal. The government is determined to eradicate FGM here and abroad and it cannot be condoned or ignored on the basis of it being a 'cultural tradition'. Services should safeguard children from this abuse as from any other form of abuse. The statement of the knowledge and skills required by child and family social workers includes that they should be able to take account of harmful practices in specific communities such as female genital mutilation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL2496 question first answered 25/03/2020 17:44:07 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington