Animal Experiments: Licensing

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that service licences issued by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit accurately assess the harms and benefits of the tests they authorise.

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1. 29 May 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that service licences issued by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit accurately assess the harms and benefits of the tests they authorise.

   Source: Commons

2. 3 June 2026

   Answer

   All project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, including those for regulatory testing are assessed on a case-by-case basis by trained Home Office Inspectors. Licences are granted only where the likely harms to animals...

   Source: Written answer

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