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Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 128364 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 27 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what application are the 3 current active licences which authorise the use of the Forced Swim Test in preclinical animal testing.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 27 Apr 2026

The Home Office publishes annual National Statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures in Great Britain under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.As part of these statistics, information is collected and published on techniques of sp...