Written Question·Home Office·UIN 54134
Animal Experiments
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 3 June 2025
Question
Irene Campbell
Labour — North Ayrshire and Arran
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on trends in the number of animal tests that are taking place for regulatory purposes where a suitable non-animal alternative is already available; and if she wil
Answer
Dan JarvisThe Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) ensures that all animal testing, including for regulatory purposes, is only carried out where no non-animal alternative can be used. Licence applicants are required to robustly evidence their considerati...
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