To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Sugg on 6 February
(HL Deb, col 1885), how many claims for asylum have been made by (1) women and girls
at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), and (2) anti-FGM campaigners, in each
of the last 10 years; and how many such claims (a) have been accepted, (b) have been
rejected, and (c) are awaiting a decision.
<p>The Home Office does not record the basis of claims in a way that can be easily
aggregated so cannot provide figures on how many asylum claims have been made by (1)
women and girls at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), and (2) anti-FGM campaigners,
in each of the last 10 years; and how many such claims (a) have been accepted, (b)
have been rejected, and (c) are awaiting a decision.</p><p>However, the Home Office
does publish data on the number of cases concluded by gender. This data can be found
at Asy_05/06/06q/07, of the published Transparency data: August 2019: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019</a></p>
