Question follow-through · 39797
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals housed in (a) UK laboratories, (b) breeding centres and (c) universities were not used in scientific procedures in 2023.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals housed in (a) UK laboratories, (b) breeding centres and (c) universities were not used in scientific procedures in 2023.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023 was published on the 11 September 2024. The statistics provide full details on the number of licensed procedures carried out, the species of animals and the purposes for ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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