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Animal Experiments: Licensing

Asked by Ruth JonesLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 March 2026UIN 117874

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences were rejected for procedures using the rabbit pyrogen test since the publication of the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Since the publication of the Animals in Science Strategy on 11 November the Home Office has not received any applications for licences that seek authorisation for procedures using the rabbit pyrogen test.

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