Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16380

Animal Experiments: Dogs

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UKRomford

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 Jones
The 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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