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Animal Experiments

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 101964

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new technologies on the need for animal testing.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Government’s strategy to support replacing animals in science covers an assessment of the potential impact of new technologies and sets out our long-term vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances, achieved by creating a research and innovation system that drives the development and validation of alternative methods and technologies to using animals in science. We will publish biennially a list of alternative-methods research and development priorities, coalescing UK scientists around these areas and incentivising partnerships between research organisations, CROs and industry.

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