Written Question·Home Office·UIN 49018

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many active licences there are for the authorised use of the forced swim test.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
The Home Office wrote to the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and the UKRI in February 2024 to consider the recommendation to request further research into non-animal methods to replace the Forced Swim Test (FST).The Home Office Regulator ...

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