Question follow-through · 127184

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what progr

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what progr

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office has two key strands of work to improve licence approval processes under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 regulatory framework. First, it is working with the Animals in Science Regulation Unit, funders and wider stakeholders to ...

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