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Animal Experiments: Dogs

Commons · Question 16380 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licenses involving canines were refused by her Department in the last 12 months on the sole basis that a scientifically satisfactory (a) method and (b) testing strate

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 16 Jul 2026

The Home Office regulates the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, all project licence applications must comply with the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs), which set o...