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Written question asked by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 May 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 June 2018. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Friday, 8 June 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders have been breached in each year since 2015; and, in each case, whether they were dealt with (1) by criminal prosecution, or (2) in the Family Court.

Answer

Following their introduction in July 2015, there have been 222 applications and 205 orders made for Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders, up to 31 December 2017.

In this period no breaches of an FGM Protection order have been dealt with in the criminal courts. In the Family Courts, proceedings for breach would be dealt with as a contempt of court matter and are not recorded separately. The information could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Statistics on FGM Protection Orders are publicly available as part of the Family Courts Statistics Quarterly series at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly. The next publication of Family Court Statistics Quarterly is due on 28 June 2018. This will provide data up to the end of March 2018.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8199
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Family courts Prosecutions Female genital mutilation protection orders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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