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755931

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what breeds of dogs were used in the 325 experiments (basic and applied research) listed in the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2016, as being carried out on other breeds; and what those dogs were used for.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	7085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Breeds of dogs reported include Beagles, Labrador Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen and Jack Russell Terrier. These animals were used in nutrition and dentistry studies, the investigation of physiology, natural disease and its prevention.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/09/2017 15:19:49 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

755932

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government is doing to reduce the number of dogs used in experiments on living animals.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	7086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The published annual statistics of animals used under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) in Great Britain show that in 2016 less than 0.1% of animals used in research in Great Britain are dogs. Dogs are primarily used in procedures for regulatory testing. They are also used in other procedures such as nutritional studies and to better understand naturally occurring diseases and to develop treatments for dogs themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Dogs are a specially protected species under ASPA. The Home Office will only grant a project licence for a programme of work using dogs where the purpose of the programme of work specified in the licence can only be achieved by their use, or where it is not practicable to obtain other suitable animals.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/09/2017 15:13:06 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

757125

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 2.1 of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2016, of the dogs born outside Europe (a) what countries those dogs came from, (b) how those dogs arrived in the UK, (c) how her Department ensured those dogs' welfare during transport and (d) what those dogs were used for when in the UK
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	7597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>(a) The Home Office does not capture data on the source country of imported dogs born outside the European Union.</p><p>(b) The Home Office do not hold data on how dogs were transported to the UK.</p><p>(C) The welfare of dogs transported to the UK is the responsibility of the sending country and the sending establishment. Animals are subject to import checks at Border Inspection Points (BIPs). These checks are carried out by staff from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p><p>(d) Most imported dogs are used for regulatory and toxicological research.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/09/2017 15:12:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron