Question follow-through · 96751

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of animals involved in LD50 tests by type of animal; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those tests.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
10 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of animals involved in LD50 tests by type of animal; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those tests.

  2. 10 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes detailed annual statistics on the use of animals in science, including procedures for acute and sub-toxicity testing methods such as LD50 (Lethal Dose 50) and LC50 (Lethal Concentration 50). According to the latest published figu...

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