Question follow-through · 82977
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for protecting animals used in science.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for protecting animals used in science.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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23 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides a robust and rigorous regulatory framework that protects animals used in science. It requires that the principles of the 3Rs - replacement, reduction and refinement - are followed so that animal...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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