Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress the Government has made in implementing its strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods to animal testing.

The Government published the Replacing Animals in Science strategy in November 2025, which sets out a cross‑government programme to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods. Delivery is underway across departments and partner organisations, with a number of commitments in progress. This includes establishing a preclinical translational models hub, with a funding call launched in March 2026 and activity expected to begin in Autumn 2026, and restarting the survey on public attitudes to animal research, with a competition launched to support delivery. The Government will publish a delivery update, alongside key performance indicators, later in 2026.