Question follow-through · 78984
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the Alternative Methods Strategy.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 40 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the Alternative Methods Strategy.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
On 11th November the government published "Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods".The strategy outlines our vision where animals are only used in research and developmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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