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Female Genital Mutilation: Training

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 November 2025UIN 87001

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who enquired about her Department's free e-learning training on female genital mutilation subsequently declined to complete the course in each of the last two years.

Answered by Jess Phillips

Frontline professionals and agencies with statutory safeguarding responsibilities are crucial to protecting survivors and those at risk of FGM.

We have issued a range of materials to support professionals to help them understand FGM, spot the signs, and support victims and survivors. This includes making available free e-learning for all frontline staff for example in healthcare, police, Border Force and children’s social care.

From 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2024, 121,773 people registered for the free e-learning module on FGM. This can be broken down as:

Total ‘Completed’

Total ‘In-Progress’

Total ‘Not attempted’

95,913

7,861

17,999

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