Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Monday, 19 February 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 February 2018. It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 February 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.
Forced Marriage Unit
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone calls received by the forced marriage unit were from (a) domestic and (b) international locations since 2016.
- Answer
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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.
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.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 128408
- Session
- 2017-19
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Telephone services Forced Marriage Unit
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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