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Animal Experiments

Asked by Douglas McAllisterLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 906995

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Replacing animals in science strategy on economic growth.

Answered by Ian Murray

The Government has published a strategy to support alternatives to the use of animals in science, which considered economic impacts.

Building on the UK’s strengths as home to world leading research and pharmaceutical businesses, the strategy will support the UK to capitalise on the global non-animal technologies market, estimated to be worth $29.4 billion by 2030


The strategy has also considered the scientific and economic advantages of human-relevant methods for product development and testing.

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