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
Labour — Rotherham
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 ClarkThe 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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