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Animal Experiments

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 June 2025UIN 54708

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish details on an annual basis of the number of animals which are bred for, but not used in, scientific procedures in Britain each year.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The Home Office is presently reviewing the collection and publication of additional statistics on animals that were bred for, but not used in, scientific procedures.

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