Question follow-through · 23428

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Figure 5: Number of experimental proc

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 28 Aug 2026
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2026
Answer: 9 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Figure 5: Number of experimental proc
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
Although scientific procedures involving dogs increased by 9% in 2025, the number remains low by historical standards, with only 2024 reporting a lower figure. Overall, the use of dogs in science has declined over the past decade.Dogs are used only where ...

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