Written questions

Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 113669 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she had made of trends in the number of animals who died or were euthanised following non-compliance incidents as reported in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Annual Report 2024.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 2 Mar 2026

Any incident of non‑compliance with the ASPA, including those where animals died or were euthanised following non-compliance, is taken seriously and investigated in line with ASRU’s published compliance framework The framework explains how potential breac...