Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the (a) end-to-end process and (b) regulatory landscape for pre-clinical animal testing is better understood by the public.

The Government is committed to supporting the uptake and development of alternative methods to the use of animals in science.

Non Government Organisations such as The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) and Understanding Animal Research provide excellent public facing resources to support the public to better understand animal testing in drug development and regulation, and the significant ongoing efforts to reduce it. We will continue to engage with these organisations through our government agencies to support this outreach.