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Animal Experiments: Primates

Commons · Question 129279 · Tabled 22 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of a) pain, b) suffering, c) distress and d) lasting harm caused to non-human primates recognised by service licences under Animal

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 29 Apr 2026

All project licence applications, including service licences which use specially protected species such as dogs and non-human primates, are subject to a rigorous harm-benefit analysis (HBA), required under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASP...