Written Question·Home Office·UIN 76477

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 1 October 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences applied for under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused between 1 January and 1 September 2025.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
Between 1 January 2021 to 1 January 2025, one application for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 has been refused.The Home Office does not routinely collect information on refused project licences as, due to the structure...

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