Question follow-through · 25209
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of scientifically validated alternatives to the use of dogs in procedures licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
About this written question
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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, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of scientifically validated alternatives to the use of dogs in procedures licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2026
Answer published
DSIT’s most recent assessment is set out in its November 2025 strategy, Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. This reports that alternative methods can already replace some uses ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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