Animal Welfare: Departmental Responsibilities
Commons · Question 56784 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how responsibility for animal welfare policy is divided between (a) his Department, (b) the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and (c) the Home Office; and who the lead m
Answer
Answered by Feryal Clark, 11 Jun 2025
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is responsible for technology policy around the development, validation and uptake of alternative testing methods, led by Lord Vallance. The Home Office is responsible for regulation of the use of anim...