Question follow-through · 56017

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) record and (b) report on the number of animals in the UK who are bred for science and not used in scientific procedures.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
4 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) record and (b) report on the number of animals in the UK who are bred for science and not used in scientific procedures.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office is presently reviewing the collection and publication of additional statistics on animals that were bred for, but not used in, scientific procedures.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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