Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in Wales were designated as a (a) supplying establishment, (b) breeding establishment and (c) scientific procedure establishment under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at the end of 2013.

The total number of establishment licences, provided under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, in force in Wales at the end of 2013 was six. All six establishments were licensed to apply regulated procedures to protected animals. One of the six establishments was also licensed for the keeping of protected animals for supply elsewhere. Three of the six establishments were also licensed for the breeding of protected animals.