Violence against women and girls

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Services

• Application for a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Order: Form FGM001

  Use this form to make an application with the family court for a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) protection order.

• Form FGM006: Application for leave to apply for a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Order

  Form FGM006: Application for leave to apply for a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Order.

• Application to be joined as, or cease to be, a party to a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Order: Form FGM007

  Form FGM007: Application to be joined as, or cease to be, a party to a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Order.

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Guidance and regulation

• Domestic abuse: how to get help
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 December 2024
  • Home Office
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021
  • Statutory guidance
  • 13 April 2023
  • Home Office
• Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation
  • Statutory guidance
  • 30 July 2020
  • Home Office, Department for Education, and Department of Health and Social Care
• Child sex offender disclosure scheme guidance
  • Guidance
  • 3 April 2023
  • Home Office
• Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation: procedural information
  • Guidance
  • 22 January 2020
  • Home Office and Department for Education

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News and communications

• Domestic killers face tougher sentences in latest move to halve violence against women and girls
  • 6 December 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Press release
• Europe Director reflects on tackling gender-based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 4 December 2024
  • World news story
• Victims to be given more protection in stalking crackdown
  • 3 December 2024
  • Home Office
  • News story
• White Ribbon Day 2024 – a call to action for men and boys
  • 25 November 2024
  • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
  • News story
• Victims and Prisoners Act 2024: Implementation of the duty to collaborate
  • 5 November 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

• Characteristics of intimate partner and stranger rapists
  • 28 November 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Research
• Domestic abuse in England and Wales overview: November 2024
  • 27 November 2024
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• Adult victim-survivor's journey through a sexual violence support service in Essex
  • 19 September 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Research
• Safety of Women at Night Fund evaluation
  • 10 April 2024
  • Home Office
  • Research
• Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 Report
  • 11 March 2024
  • Home Office
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• Domestic homicide review legislation consultation
  • 5 March 2024
  • Home Office
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 August 2023
• Victims and Prisoners Bill
  • 14 May 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper
• Reviewing the statutory leave provision for employees escaping domestic abuse: ministerial statement
  • 11 April 2024
  • Department for Business and Trade
  • Policy paper
• Rape Review Progress Report: Winter 2024
  • 14 February 2024
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper
• Government response, Domestic abuse and the Family Court: Achieving cultural change
  • 9 November 2023
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• ACE Annual Review 2022-23
  • 13 September 2023
  • Accelerated Capability Environment
  • Corporate report
• Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund 2023 to 2025: Organisations awarded funding
  • 3 August 2023
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Transparency
• Annual Report of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner
  • 19 July 2023
  • Home Office
  • Corporate report
• Domestic Abuse Commissioner's strategic plan
  • 28 March 2023
  • Home Office
  • Corporate report
• Funding for projects dealing with female genital mutilation
  • 18 December 2014
  • Home Office
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Department of Health & Social Care
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service

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• Department for Education
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Ministry of Defence
• Attorney General's Office
• Border Force
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Immigration Enforcement
• Legal Aid Agency
• Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Department for Transport
• Department for Work & Pensions
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Northern Ireland Office

• Accelerated Capability Environment
• Security Industry Authority
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales