Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82424

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her planned strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of non-animal methods will contain a timeline to phase out animal experimentation.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Government is committed to reducing the use of animals in scientific research and is developing a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. At present, the strategy does not include a fixed timeline for the com...

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