Asked by: Perran Moon (Labour - Camborne and Redruth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of animal testing facilities.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government publishes a detailed Operational Guidance document on how the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is administered and enforced and also a Code of Practice for care and accommodation requirements.
An annual statistics publication provides full details on the number of licensed procedures carried out, the species of animals and the purposes for which the procedures have been undertaken.
The Animals in Science Regulator publishes an annual report which contains information on licensing, the audit programme, and management of non-compliance.