Written questions

Animal Experiments: Licensing

Commons · Question 113973 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Department's transparency data entitled Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986: Non-technical summaries for project licences granted October - December 2025 that require a retrospe

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 2 Mar 2026

The Animals in Science Regulation Unit operates a quality checking process to minimise errors in published non-technical summaries (NTS). However, they acknowledge there was a duplication error in the February 2026 NTS publication.The Animals in Science R...