Question follow-through · 32895
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will undertake a review of the necessity of using dogs in regulatory testing across all sectors.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will undertake a review of the necessity of using dogs in regulatory testing across all sectors.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science. The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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