HC Deb 03 December 2001 vol 376 c118W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts make provision for religious circumcision. [15468]

Jacqui Smith

In 1999–2000 205 national health service hospitals in England recorded a total of 21,763 inpatient episodes where the main operation was circumcision. It is not possible to determine whether the procedure was carried out for religious reasons.