Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 56784

Animal Welfare: Departmental Responsibilities

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how responsibility for animal welfare policy is divided between (a) his Department, (b) the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (c) the Home Office; and who the lead m

Answer

Feryal Clark
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for technology policy around the development, validation and uptake of alternative testing methods, led by Lord Vallance. The Home Office is responsible for regulation of the use of anim...

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