Question follow-through · 44576

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scientific procedures involved the use of dogs from 2020- 2024.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 7 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scientific procedures involved the use of dogs from 2020- 2024.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The number of animals used in scientific research and testing, including dogs, is published annually at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-regulation-unit#statistics. Statistics for 2024 are scheduled for publication in July.The ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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