Question follow-through · 27159
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what categories of testing involving dogs are authorised under service licenses, including regulatory toxicology and batch quality control testing.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what categories of testing involving dogs are authorised under service licenses, including regulatory toxicology and batch quality control testing.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
The majority of licences authorising the use of dogs and containing service type activities are for undertaking Regulatory Toxicology testing (safety testing) for purposes including human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and chemicals. A small number allow ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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