Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18002

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been allocated to the planned phased approach to policy development on decapods, including the number of full-time equivalent staff involved, dedicated budget, external expertise c

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office has written to the Animals in Science Committee setting out its phased approach to developing proportionate and evidence-based arrangements for decapods used in scientific procedures. As part of this approach, the Home Office is developing...

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