Question follow-through · 2541
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many beagles have been approved for use in scientific research over the a) past five years and b) each year within.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many beagles have been approved for use in scientific research over the a) past five years and b) each year within.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
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21 May 2026
Answer published
The Home Office publishes non-technical summaries for each project licence granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. These are published quarterly and include information on the species and the approved number of animals expected to be u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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