Question follow-through · 2715
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to end the forced swim test in addition to holding discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) UKRI.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to end the forced swim test in addition to holding discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) UKRI.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Home Office intends to completely eliminate the use of the forced swim test. This will require the validation of suitable appropriate alternatives.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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