§ Ms. MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what action has been taken by the Government following the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 as to(a) education, (b) prevention of female circumcision and (c) prosecution under the Act; and what level of funding has been allocated to the above since the Act came into force.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) on 14 January 1993 at column807.
We have provided funding to FORWARD—the Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development—for several years, and for 1992–93 we have provided grants totalling £30,000.