The study of FGM, also known as female genital cutting, will be used to identify the need for extra training for health professionals and provide information to improve sexual health services. It will also feed into the government's plans to confront violence against women and girls.
A department of health spokesperson said: "Female genital mutilation is an extremely harmful practice and is illegal. It violates women's most basic human rights."
Sarah McCulloch, director of ACCM (UK), a charity helping vulnerable communities, said: "If the survey finds that health professionals are seeing enough cases of FGM specialist clinics and training programmes could be introduced."
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