Question follow-through · 40057
Animal Experiments: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) inspectors were responsible for assessing project licence applications and (b) project licence applications were approved for licences to use animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedu
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) inspectors were responsible for assessing project licence applications and (b) project licence applications were approved for licences to use animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedu
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
The number of staff that are employed to process and issue project licences in the Home Office Regulator, under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, are published in the Regulator's annual report accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/colle...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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