Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16380
Animal Experiments: Dogs
Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licenses involving canines were refused by her Department in the last 12 months on the sole basis that a scientifically satisfactory (a) method and (b) testing strate
Answer
Sarah JonesThe Home Office regulates the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, all project licence applications must comply with the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs), which set o...
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