Animal Breeding: Animal Experiments
Commons · Question 18000 · Tabled 13 Jul 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the reduction in procedures reported as
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 20 Jul 2026
The Government welcomes the reduction in experimental procedures reported as severe in the 2025 published annual statistics. The proportion fell from 3.4% in 2024 to 1.3% in 2025, with the number of severe procedures decreasing from 48,380 to 17,593. Proc...