Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 33
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Protect FGM programmes from further funding reductions and publish future spending plans.
Recommendation
We call on the Government to protect FGM programmes from further reductions in funding. The Government should inform the Committee of its funding plans for programmes working on reducing FGM over the next spending period, including a comparison with previous periods. It should 46 also provide the Committee with any wider Equality Impact Assessment on the reduction of ODA spending from 0.5 to 0.3% of GNI as a whole. (Recommendation, Paragraph 96) 47
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 2 December 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗