Question follow-through · 90181
Animal Experiments: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of experiments using animals that were carried out in Wales in 2024; and whether she will be taking steps to reduce these numbers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of experiments using animals that were carried out in Wales in 2024; and whether she will be taking steps to reduce these numbers.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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1 Dec 2025
Answer published
In 2024, 25,718 regulated scientific procedures involving living animals were carried out in Wales, a decrease from 31,940 in 2023.The Home Office regulates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) to assure compliance with the robust pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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