Written Question·Home Office·UIN 119542

Animal Experiments: Inspections

Tabled: 10 March 2026

Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regard to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024, published in December 2025, how many unannounced audits were there in 2024; and whether she plans to increase the number of un

Answer

Sarah Jones

There were 10 unannounced audits in 2024, as reported in the published Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) 2024 Annual Report.ASRU will increase the number of unannounced audits as part of its programme of regulatory strengthening. The inspectorate ...

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