Question follow-through · 37917

Animal Experiments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of animal testing facilities.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of animal testing facilities.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government publishes a detailed Operational Guidance document on how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is administered and enforced and also a Code of Practice for care and accommodation requirements.An annual statistics publication provide...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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