To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) cats, (b) dogs, (c) rabbits, (d) horses and other equids, (e) new world primates and (f) old world primates in 2010; and how many such procedures involved (i) genetically-modified animals and (ii) animals with a harmful genetic defect.

During 2010, in Scotland, there were four procedures using cats, 720 procedures using dogs, 3,826 procedures using rabbits, 2,380 procedures using horses and other equids, 47 procedures using new world primates and 885 procedures using old world primates used in regulated procedures started under the 1986 Act. None of these procedures involved (i) genetically modified animals and (ii) animals with a harmful genetic defect.