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Animal Experiments: Licensing

Commons · Question 31404 · 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, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused permission between 30 September 2024 and 1 January 2025.

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...