Daily roundup 9 September: FGM concerns, Justine Greening, and drug prescriptions

A man and a woman have been detained at Heathrow airport during a Metropolitan Police operation targeting female genital mutilation (FGM). The pair have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit child cruelty. An 11-year-old girl travelling with them was taken into police protection. Met officers working on Operation Limelight, supported by Hillingdon children's services and the children's charity Barnardo's, targeted three flights - one from Sierra Leone and two from Nigeria - to raise awareness of FGM, reports the Guardian.


New Education Secretary Justine Greening is to be questioned by members of the education select committee next week. The session will cover a wide range of issues including schools funding and structures, mental health, social work reform and fostering, and the future of Ofsted. The session will be live on Parliament TV.


A study of almost 360,000 patients aged six to 18 in Wales has found there has been a 28 per cent rise in anti-depressants prescribed by GPs. The Independent reports that girls were three times more likely than boys to be given anti-depressants and children from the most deprived areas were twice as likely as those in the least deprived to be given anti-depressants.


A law firm criticised for mocking parents of children with special educational needs has been paid millions of pounds in legal fees by local authorities. Analysis of Ministry of Justice data by the BBC shows Baker Small secured £3m in payments and contracts since 2010. Earlier this year, the firm tweeted gloating comments about families it had won cases against.


The former deputy chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services has been appointed as the new director of policy and communications at charity The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Faiza Khan will take up her new post on Monday.


A campaign group has been set up in a bid to save South Abingdon Children's Centre. The centre is one of 26 to have its funding cut by Oxfordshire County Council by March 2017 to save the authority £6m a year, and could be forced to shut within six months, reports the Oxfordshire Guardian. A group set up by former Mayor of Abingdon Samantha Bowring has until mid-October to bid for a share of a £1m grant to help children's centres remain open.