Animal Experiments: Licensing
Commons · Question 83970 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the legal requirement to use non-animal methods where possible is being enforced in the licensing of animal experiments.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 31 Oct 2025
The Home Office ensures all licences are fully compliant with all sections of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA).The responsibility of ensuring the principles of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) have been fully applied in a...