Animal Experiments: Scotland
Home Department
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many project licences were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2010; and how many such project licences were in force at the end of 2011 in respect of work to be carried out in Scotland.
James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative)
During 2010 515 project licences in total were granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the United Kingdom of which 100 were granted at designated establishments in Scotland.
A total of 467 project licences were in force on the