Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114195

Animal Experiments

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

James Naish

LabourRushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the publication of the numbers of all animals involved in any form of animal research, including those bred but not used.

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.The Home Office publishes Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals,...

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