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Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department plans to track progress on phasing out animal testing through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how her Department plans to track progress on phasing out animal testing through the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    A publicly available dashboard of progress against the strategy’s key deliverables and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the delivery of the Replacing Animals in Science Strategy will be published later in 2026. Any work to phase out animal testing mu...

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