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Publication, Part of

Female Genital Mutilation, Annual Report - April 2025 to March 2026

Official statistics in development

Publication Date:
22 Oct 2026
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, Integrated Care Boards, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, NHS Trusts, Local Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026

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Introduction

Partial data available

While producing this year's annual FGM publication we have identified a few problems in our new publication process that means that we are unable to provide a full report at this time. We are working through these issues at the moment and the data will be updated in the near future.

The impacted sections of the report are:

  • Summary - values from last year's publication are stated where values are not available.
  • About the data - no breakdown of FGM types is currently available.
  • Part 6 Overall data completeness - missing one breakdown.
  • FGM Dashboard is not currently included.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

22 October 2026 09:30 AM

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Summary

This publication includes analysis of data for the year April 2025 to March 2026 from the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Enhanced Dataset (DAPB2026) which is a repository for individual level data collected by healthcare providers in England, including acute hospital providers, mental health providers and GP practices. The report includes data on the type of FGM, age at which FGM was undertaken and in which country, the age of the woman or girl at her latest attendance and if she was advised of the health implications and illegalities of FGM and various other analyses. Some data for earlier years are reported.

Key Facts

There were 7,855 individual[1] women and girls who had an attendance where FGM was identified in the reporting period.

These accounted for 13,935 total attendances[2] reported at NHS trusts and GP practices where FGM was identified.
The number of total attendances during 2025-26 has decreased from 16,490 in 2024-25.
 

From April 2015 to March 2026, 46,490 individual[1] women and girls had a total of 132,875 attendances where FGM was identified.

Information has been reported by NHS trusts and GP practices.

98 NHS trusts and 72 GP practices submitted one or more FGM attendance records during the reporting period.

Since the collection began in April 2015, FGM attendance records have been submitted from 150 NHS trusts and 330 GP practices.

Definitions

[1] Individuals refers to all patients in the reporting period where FGM was identified or a procedure for FGM was undertaken. Each patient is only counted once.

[2] Total Attendances refers to all attendances in the reporting period where FGM was identified or a procedure for FGM was undertaken. Women and girls may have one or more attendances in the reporting period. This category includes both newly recorded and previously identified women and girls.

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