NHS hospitals will have to submit data on the number of girls and women who have suffered female genital mutilation (FGM), the government has announced.

The announcement comes after a senior Metropolitan Police officer said young girls who have suffered FGM were being failed by doctors who do not report cases to the police.

Met FGM team head Detective Superintendent Jason Ashwood said: "It's clear that when professionals are seeing people who are survivors or at risk of FGM, it's not being referred to police.