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Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what proportion of funding for UK BioBank will be allocated to (a) developing non-animal metho
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what proportion of funding for UK BioBank will be allocated to (a) developing non-animal metho
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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18 Sept 2025
Answer published
Genomics England, Our Future Health and UK Biobank contribute important human data to the UK’s diverse research portfolio that supports alternative method development, including organ-on-a-chip, cell-based assays, functional genomics and computer modellin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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