Question follow-through · 16380
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licenses involving canines were refused by her Department in the last 12 months on the sole basis that a scientifically satisfactory (a) method and (b) testing strate
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licenses involving canines were refused by her Department in the last 12 months on the sole basis that a scientifically satisfactory (a) method and (b) testing strate
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Home Office regulates the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, all project licence applications must comply with the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs), which set o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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