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873703

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the decision to disband its specialist team focused on combating female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Prevention Programme funded by the Department and partnered with NHS England concluded on 31 March 2018 – it was always the intention that the Programme would conclude at this point.</p><p> </p><p>Since its launch, the Programme has worked closely with regional safeguarding teams across England, and these teams will be carrying on the work across the National Health Service in England to tackle FGM. Discussions, coordination and multi-agency work between the NHS and various partner agencies including the police and PPCs will therefore continue as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>Governance and monitoring and planning was built into the FGM Prevention Programme framework since its launch in 2014, including plans to conclude the Programme and arrangements for the work to be taken forward after April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>To support staff in their FGM prevention work, the FGM Prevention Programme developed a package of health-specific FGM materials providing guidance on safeguarding, commissioning of services, and guidance around the mandatory reporting duty It also held national awareness raising roadshows for over 6,000 professionals and commissioned comprehensive FGM e-learning with Health Education England, free to all NHS staff which has been completed by over 11,000 people on the e-learning for health website between January 2016 and February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 134819 134820 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:16:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873704

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on how strategic planning to combat female genital mutilation will take place after the decision was taken to disband the specialist team focused on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Prevention Programme funded by the Department and partnered with NHS England concluded on 31 March 2018 – it was always the intention that the Programme would conclude at this point.</p><p> </p><p>Governance, monitoring and planning was built into the FGM Prevention Programme framework since its launch in 2014, including plans to conclude the Programme and arrangements for the work to be taken forward after April 2018. Since its launch, the Programme has worked closely with regional safeguarding teams across England, and these teams will be carrying on the work to tackle FGM across the National Health Service in England. Discussions, coordination and multi-agency work between the NHS and various partner agencies will also continue, now that the Programme has ended.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/04/2018 10:54:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873706

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring NHS staff are appropriately trained in how to detect and report female genital mutilation (FGM) and support patients who have been subjected to FGM after the decision was taken to disband the specialist FGM team.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Prevention Programme funded by the Department and partnered with NHS England concluded on 31 March 2018 – it was always the intention that the Programme would conclude at this point.</p><p> </p><p>Since its launch, the Programme has worked closely with regional safeguarding teams across England, and these teams will be carrying on the work across the National Health Service in England to tackle FGM. Discussions, coordination and multi-agency work between the NHS and various partner agencies including the police and PPCs will therefore continue as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>Governance and monitoring and planning was built into the FGM Prevention Programme framework since its launch in 2014, including plans to conclude the Programme and arrangements for the work to be taken forward after April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>To support staff in their FGM prevention work, the FGM Prevention Programme developed a package of health-specific FGM materials providing guidance on safeguarding, commissioning of services, and guidance around the mandatory reporting duty It also held national awareness raising roadshows for over 6,000 professionals and commissioned comprehensive FGM e-learning with Health Education England, free to all NHS staff which has been completed by over 11,000 people on the e-learning for health website between January 2016 and February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 134817 134819 question first answered 20/04/2018 11:16:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

844070

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls the 24-hour female genital mutilation hotline has received since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	128410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) helpline received approximately 3,500 calls, which translates to 1,428 cases. FMU records the focus country as where marriage is due to take place regardless of where the victim is at the time of first contact. In 2016, in 90% of cases the ceremony did or was due to take place overseas. In the rest of the cases received the risk was in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The NSPCC run and fund a 24 hour national helpline for female genital mutilation. As the helpline is not funded by the Home Office we do not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 128408 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:08:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

844071

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations applied for funding from her Department for community projects to tackle female genital mutilation since 2016; and which applications were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	128411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <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> </p><p>Through its £17 million Violence Against Women and Girls Transformation Fund the Home Office is providing funding for a number of projects working to tackle FGM, which include projects led by Havant Borough Council, West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner. In addition the Government has provided funding to Southall Black Sisters and the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Organisation through the Tampon Tax Fund, both of which carry out work to tackle FGM.</p><p> </p><p>The Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) Programme has provided funding for a number of community organisations working to change attitudes to tackle FGM and promote wider shared values. A full list of BSBT partners can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661395/BSBT-list-of-groups.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661395/BSBT-list-of-groups.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Education has provided £2 million through the social care innovation programme for the National FGM Centre run by Barnardo’s and the Local Government Association, and last year announced a further £1.7 million to be made available to continue the development of this work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely release information about unsuccessful applicants due to commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2018 16:14:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

844073

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical professionals have completed Health Education England’s e-learning training sessions on female genital mutilation since 2016; and which e-learning training packages on female genital mutilation are available for medical professionals.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	128413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>In total 11,497 people completed the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) e-learning training available on the e-learning for health website between January 2016 and February 2018.</p><p>The following modules are available in the FGM e-learning:</p><p>- An Introduction to FGM</p><p>- Legal issues regarding FGM in the UK</p><p>- FGM: Issues, presentation and management in women and around pregnancy</p><p>- Communication Skills for FGM consultations</p><p>- FGM: Issues, presentation and management in children and young women</p><p>- The Psychological Impact of FGM</p><p> </p><p>Each of the above sessions are 20 to 30 minutes long and are designed to improve the knowledge and awareness amongst healthcare professionals of some of the issues which FGM has on women and children. Further information is at:</p><p><a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/female-genital-mutilation/" target="_blank">https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/female-genital-mutilation/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2018 17:06:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837864

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported under Section 5B of the Genital Mutilation Act 2003 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we do not currently collect data centrally on the number of reports made to the police under the FGM Mandatory Reporting Duty, we are considering how this data could be collected in future as part of the police Annual Data Requirement.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/02/2018 11:55:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

818824

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to hold collaborative discussions with victims and families affected by female genital mutilation in order to (a) gain insight into their perspectives on current female genital mutilation policies and efforts and (b) include victims' narratives in existing and future female genital mutilation policies and efforts.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	121588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>So called 'honour-based' violence, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, is a terrible form of abuse, and this Government is clear that we will not allow political or cultural sensitivities to get in the way of tackling it. No-one should suffer because of who they are or what community they are born into.</p><p>Work to tackle these crimes is an integral part of our cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, published in 2016, and we are clear that we will not end FGM and forced marriage until we change attitudes. Our dedicated FGM and Forced Marriage Units are delivering ongoing programmes of nationwide outreach, comprising more than 100 events every year, with communities and professionals to raise awareness of the warning signs and significant harms caused by these practices and how to access support.</p><p>The Home Office FGM Unit regularly engages with community based organisations and survivors, including through local forums, to ensure the views and insights of affected communities are considered in current and future policy development. This is done through a quarterly FGM stakeholders meeting, ongoing outreach events and engagement with community based organisations funded through the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme. It is important that any engagement with victims and families is done in a constructive and secure environment so that individuals are provided with the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121587 question first answered 12/01/2018 18:37:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

818834

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to work with faith leaders to increase the number of signatories to the declaration condemning female genital mutilation and to use that declaration to help drive cultural change against such mutilation since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	121598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Since publication of the Female Genital Mutilation Faith Declaration in 2014, over 250 representatives of faith communities have added their signatures, sending a clear message to communities across the UK that the practice is an extreme form of violence against women and girls and is not supported by any religious doctrine. We call on all faith communities across the UK to condemn the unacceptable practice of Female Genital Mutilation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/01/2018 17:56:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

781305

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that health care professionals report cases of female genital mutilation.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	110525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>To support National Health Service staff to deliver their legal obligations under the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty and to support them in their work, the Department’s FGM Prevention Programme partnered with NHS England launched a package of health-specific materials for NHS organisations to support them in implementing the duty. The materials were developed with stakeholders and NHS England and contain guidance, posters, slideshows for training sessions, video interviews with professionals, a flow-chart, and an information leaflet for patients and their families.</p><p>These materials support healthcare professionals to carry out their duties by providing guidance on what healthcare professionals should do if they think a child has had or is at risk of FGM, guidance for confirming ‘known’ cases of FGM in under 18-year-olds, explanations of what the duty means for healthcare professionals, health training packages to introduce the duty as well as materials to explain the duty to patients and families affected by FGM.</p><p>Where professionals fail to comply with the duty, this should be dealt with in accordance with professional bodies’ existing disciplinary procedures on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2017 14:30:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith