Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee

7th Report - Female genital mutilation

Women and Equalities Committee HC 714 Published 12 September 2025

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (18 recs)

Source

View on Parliament website ↗

Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 22

Accepted in Part 4

Deferred 2

Not Addressed 4

Rejected 1

Government response

7th Special Report - Female genital mutilation: Government Response · published 2 Dec 2025

Read the government response ↗ Response on the Index

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

33 Recommendation Rejected

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 … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government explicitly rejects the call to protect FGM programmes from further funding reductions, stating that the flagship FGM programme concludes in October 2026 with no plans for future funding. It notes FGM is addressed through wider GBV programming and that an EIA was published.

Government Equalities Office

View Details →