 Around 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales were born in countries where FGM is practised, as of 2011.Performing FGM on children or adults was outlawed under the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985.This was replaced by the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005, which added a prohibition on arranging FGM outside the country for British citizens or permanent residents.