Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage
Commons · Question 116395 · Tabled 26 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92643, by when will she have made an assessment on the feasibility of a prevalence study for forced marriage and FGM.
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 3 Mar 2026
In 2023, the Home Office commissioned the University of Birmingham to conduct a study on the feasibility of producing a prevalence estimate of forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) in England and Wales.Published in December 2025, the “Freedo...