Primates: Imports

(asked on 2nd February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-human primates, of what species and from what country of origin, were imported into the UK for the purposes of scientific research in 2014; and how many of those were (a) wild-caught, (b) captive born or F1 generation and (c) captive bred.


Answered by
Baroness Featherstone Portrait
Baroness Featherstone
This question was answered on 5th February 2015

The Home Office does not hold the information asked for. Since 1 January 2013 when the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was amended to transpose European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific
purposes there has been no requirement for users of non-human primates acquired from overseas breeding centres to seek permission in advance from the Home Office for their acquisition for use in regulated procedures.

We have emphasised to those UK users who acquire non-human primates that they are responsible for ensuring that the breeders and suppliers they deal with have proper controls and processes in place. In order to be assured that these
animals are of appropriate quality for the work authorised on their project licences, they need to be confident of high standards of care and welfare.

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