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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 87246 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's report entitled Scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2024, published on 23 October 2025, what assessment she has made of (a) the number of animals

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 12 Nov 2025

In 2024, there were 2.64 million regulated scientific procedures carried out in Great Britain involving living animals. This is a decrease of 1% on the previous year, and the lowest number since 2001.The trends in the number of animals and types of proced...