Written Question·Home Office·UIN 113668

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the146 cases of non-compliance in British laboratories described in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit A

Answer

Sarah Jones
All establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act1986 are required to meet standards of animal protections as set out in the Act and in the associated Code of Practice. The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) conducts a progr...

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