Question follow-through · 123355

Sepsis: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the use of animal testing in sepsis research.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
8 Apr 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the use of animal testing in sepsis research.

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    On 11th November 2025 the government published “Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods” which outlines the steps we will take to achieve this. (Replacing animals in science strateg...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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