Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 13 July 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 1 July 2004, Official Report, column 388W, on animal experiments, when the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research will take over the budget hitherto allocated to the Centre for Best Practice for Animals in Research (CBPAR); when the double funding promised by the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council will be transferred to the National Centre; when the Animal Procedures Committee will transfer its funding to the National Centre; when the National Centre will fully take over the functions of the CPBAR; and if she will make a statement.
The Centre for Best Practice for Animals in research (CBPAR), which already carries out many of the functions of the national centre, will continue to operate until September when it will be replaced by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3RS). The funding committed by the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council will be transferred to NC3RS at that time. The budget for research into the 3Rs currently administered by the Animal Procedures Committee will be transferred by the Home Office to the Centre once its current commitments have been honoured. The Home Office is currently considering the timing and arrangements for the transfer.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.