Written Question·Home Office·UIN 117875

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Tabled: 4 March 2026

Answered: 12 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fee for project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 based on the estimated number of procedu

Answer

Sarah Jones

This Government has recently announced £75 million of further investment in accelerating the development, validation and uptake of non-animal alternative methods.As set out in the Replacing Animals in Science strategy, published in November 2025, the Gove...

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