Written questions

Animal Experiments

Commons · Question 27832 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how much funding his Department has provided to Government research councils for (a) animal-based research and (b) the development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 15 Sep 2026

It is not possible to provide an overall funding figure for research councils funding for animal-based research and the development of non-animal methods, as funding is not generally allocated to UKRI based on specific research approaches. UKRI funds rese...