Animal Experiments: Licensing
Commons · Question 31403 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of project licences applied for under the Animal Welfare (Scientific Experiments) Act 1986 were refused in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 27 Feb 2025
Between 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2025, one application for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was refused.The Government publishes extensive guidance for the regulated sector on applying for project licences. Applicat...