Written questions

Animal Experiments: Finance

Commons · Question 26617 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the level of Government funding provided for (a) animal-based research and (b) research using human-specific methods in the latest year for

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 9 Sep 2026

The Government has not made an estimate of the level of funding provided for (a) animal-based research and (b) research using human-specific methods in the latest year for which figures are available. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invests in a wide ra...