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FGM concerns in social work assessments double, councils say

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Richard Oldershaw - Uncategorised

The number of children in England identified through a social work assessment as either having or being at risk of FGM has more than doubled in a year, councils have said after recently published figures allowed annual trends to be analysed for the first time.

https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed194994

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