Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage
The question
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.
Answered by Jess Phillips
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 “Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls” committed to conducting an additional study to explore the viability of the approach recommended by the University of Birmingham in producing a national prevalence estimate for forced marriage and FGM.
This study is due to conclude in March after which the Government will review the findings of both studies in the round and consider next steps, including publication.
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