Question follow-through · 109005

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to track the progress of the 26 commitments, set out in the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validatio

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
3 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to track the progress of the 26 commitments, set out in the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validatio

  2. 3 Feb 2026

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  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Government’s strategy Replacing animals in science, commits to publish biennially from 2026 a list of alternative-methods research and development priorities, coalescing UK scientists around these areas and incentivising partnerships between research ...

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28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure regulators, industry, academia, civil society and NGOs can contribute on equal terms to shaping and overseeing delivery of the strategy entitled, Repl