Written Question·Home Office·UIN 112025

Animal Breeding

Tabled: 9 February 2026

Answered: 17 February 2026

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 100508 on Animal Breeding, what assessment she has made of the potential consequences of not holding data on the number of animals in Great Britain

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office is currently reviewing the potential merits of recording and reporting the number of animals that were bred for, but not used, in scientific procedures.