There have been documented cases of FGM but no-one in the UK has been successfully prosecuted.
Charities that are campaigning against the practice have acknowledged that FGM is not being reported by communities.
Replying for the government, Baroness Verma said figures for police investigations for FGM were not kept centrally.
After Casualty's Unsilenced episode aired, West Midlands Police revealed it had looked into 24 reports of FGM last year.
BBC: Tackling female genital mutilation 'taboo' in Birmingham
The force, which has already looked into 10 allegations of FGM this year, had no reports of FGM in 2002 and 2003.
BBC: Tackling female genital mutilation 'taboo' in Birmingham
Mr Levy has said by highlighting FGM it would also bring more awareness to the wide range of abuses against women and children.
It said officers "thoroughly investigate all allegations of FGM" and raise awareness of the practice through communities and professionals in order to protect potential victims.
BBC: Tackling female genital mutilation 'taboo' in Birmingham
Guidelines for health professionals in England and Wales on how to safeguard children and adults affected by FGM were published by the DoH in 2011.
BBC: Midwife 'role' as NHS targets female genital mutilation
According to the Metropolitan Police, there is no evidence of FGM being performed in UK, but it says anecdotally it is reported to have happened.
BBC: Midwife 'role' as NHS targets female genital mutilation
"FGM typifies to me the need to collaborate and understand what this means and to be sympathetic to the diverse communities we have in Avon and Somerset, " said Mr Levy.
Figures that reveal that fewer girls in Africa and the Middle East are being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) show it is possible to end the practice, the UN has said.
Baroness Tonge told peers during questions on 16 February 2012 that 63 alleged cases of FGM had been reported to the Metropolitan Police between November 2009 and November 2011 had failed to reach prosecution.
The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah reports from Cameroon, where it is estimated one in five women has been cut, that Muslim leaders signed a declaration on Wednesday saying that they did not agree with FGM.
Although FGM, or taking someone abroad for the procedure, is illegal in the UK, research by Forward (Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development) found more than 20, 000 girls in England and Wales were at risk.
BBC: Tackling female genital mutilation 'taboo' in Birmingham
The possibility of midwives asking their patients more questions about the procedure comes after the Crown Prosecution Service launched an action plan in November to target FGM and moves by the Royal College of Midwives to improve its own monitoring efforts.
BBC: Midwife 'role' as NHS targets female genital mutilation
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