Question follow-through · 29598
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the 154,904 animals involved in non-compliance incidents in British laboratories in 2023.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the 154,904 animals involved in non-compliance incidents in British laboratories in 2023.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2025
Answer published
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12 Feb 2025
Answer corrected
The Home Office takes non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 very seriously. The numbers of non-compliance cases vary in any given year. The total number of non-compliance cases reduced from 175 to 169 cases from 2022-23. Betwee...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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