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Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Environment Agency

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: Review of the research and scientific understanding of drought
Document: Annex to the review of the research and scientific understanding of drought (PDF)

Found: If submerged habitats shrink, animal densities increase.

Written Question
Animal Experiments: Licensing
Friday 24th November 2023

Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused permission in the period between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

From 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, no applications for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 have been refused. The number of applications refused is not an indicator for the robustness of the regulatory regime.

The Government publishes extensive guidance for the regulated sector on applying for project licences. Applications are internally reviewed by an establishment’s Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body before being submitted to the regulator for assessment.

Applications received by the regulator are frequently returned to the applicant for reconsideration. Applicants may amend or withdraw an application in response to feedback from the regulator.

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
 Stage 1 report on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill

Report Nov. 20 2023

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: Once an animal is captured, the intention is that the glue trap can be retrieved and the animal dispatched

Departmental Publication (Research and Statistics)
Department of Health and Social Care

Nov. 10 2023

Source Page: Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society
Document: Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2023: health in an ageing society (PDF)

Found: going out in the dark due to lack of street lighting in rural areas and the high risk of hitting an animal

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Oct. 31 2023

Source Page: Hunting with Dogs Consultation (November 2021): EIR release
Document: Hunting with Dogs Organisational Responses - 202300345554 (Excel)

Found: a target animal moves at the moment of shooting.

Deposited Papers

Oct. 20 2023

Source Page: I. Space Based PNT Technical Concepts. 25p. II. The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS. 2021 update. Incl. annexes. 147p.
Document: impact.pdf (PDF)

Found: No recent and widespread experiments have been conducted on the degradation of traditional skills (

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Oct. 18 2023

Source Page: Report: The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS
Document: The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS (pdf) (PDF)

Found: No recent and widespread experiments have been conducted on the degradation of traditional skills (

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
UK Space Agency

Oct. 18 2023

Source Page: Report: The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS
Document: The economic impact on the UK of a disruption to GNSS (pdf) (PDF)

Found: No recent and widespread experiments have been conducted on the degradation of traditional skills (

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Oct. 04 2023

Source Page: Category A project under consideration: Huambo-Lomaum Transmission Line and Associated Substations Project, Angola
Document: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: Huambo-Lomaum Transmission Line and Associated Substations Project, Angola (PDF)

Found: 20/07/2001) – Electric Energy Production Regulation Decree n.º 41/04 (02/07/2004) – Regulation of Licensing

Written Question
Animal Experiments: Licensing
Monday 11th September 2023

Asked by: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on legacy licences for animal testing.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

The Government is engaging with the relevant companies to review and determine a way forward on the remaining active licences.