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1697281

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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to review the standard duration of licences for animal research, and (2) to introduce more challenge into the system for granting such licences, given the pace of technological change in the sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL3411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is going to conduct an internal review in relation to the duration of project licences for animal research under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), as announced in the parliamentary debate on 19 February 2024.</p><p>The use of animals in scientific procedures is only authorised by the Home Office Regulator where there is clear scientific benefit, to people, animals, or the environment. The regulatory framework has a rigorous approach to the application of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) in all applications for programmes of work involving animals. Establishments conducting research must have robust internal governance systems and processes that ensure the regulated activities carried out at the establishment are undertaken in accordance with the principles of the 3Rs. Our application of the 3Rs principles continuously evolves with scientific developments.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 04/04/2024 12:52:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1697283

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to increase the fees for licences to use animals in scientific research, and (2) to seek to reduce the use of animals in such research.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL3413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has laid a Statutory Instrument in parliament to increase the fees payable for licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) to come into effect on 6th April 2024.</p><p>The Government recently announced that it will double investment, from £10m to £20m per annum, in research to achieve the three Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) and develop non-animal alternatives. The Government will also publish a plan to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of technologies and methods to reduce reliance on the use of animals in science.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to opportunities for reducing the use of animals in scientific research. Specifically, this Government has recently accepted the recommendations of the independent Animals in Science Committee to further restrict the use of the forced swim test and apply enhanced scrutiny to any proposal to use it in research. However, we intend to go further and have set an aim to completely eliminate its use, thus driving the development and validation of suitable alternatives (see: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-on-the-use-of-the-forced-swim-test-letter-from-lord-sharpe/letter-from-lord-sharpe-of-epsom-responding-to-the-asc-forced-swim-test-report-accessible" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-on-the-use-of-the-forced-swim-test-letter-from-lord-sharpe/letter-from-lord-sharpe-of-epsom-responding-to-the-asc-forced-swim-test-report-accessible</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 04/04/2024 12:47:54 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1568393

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Electronic Tagging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many illegal migrants have (1) breached their tagging conditions, and (2) are awaiting court proceedings as a result.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL4872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>A pilot was launched on 15 June 2022 with the purpose of establishing whether electronic monitoring is an effective way to improve and maintain regular contact management with asylum claimants who arrive in the UK via unnecessary and dangerous routes, in order to progress their immigration case.</p><p>There are no cases awaiting court proceedings.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 02/02/2023 14:02:09 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1135442

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unlicensed scrap metal sites have been closed by local authorities in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL16763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government supported the introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) which provided better regulation of the metal recycling sector, including making it an offence for a scrap metal dealer to operate without a licence.</p><p>Under the 2013 Act, a scrap metal dealer who operates without a licence is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. The Sentencing Council are responsible for setting the maximum statutory fine limits and, for offences committed after 13 March 2015, the maximum fine for Level 5 is unlimited.</p><p><br>The Home Office collects information from police forces on the number of offences that involved the theft of metal for its scrap metal value. These data are published annually by the Office for National Statistics and can be found in the ‘Property Crime tables’ here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables</a>. The Government does not hold data on the number of unlicensed scrap metal sites that have been closed by local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16764 question first answered 11/07/2019 16:32:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1135443

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to increase the £5,000 fine for unlicensed scrap metal sites.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL16764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government supported the introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”) which provided better regulation of the metal recycling sector, including making it an offence for a scrap metal dealer to operate without a licence.</p><p>Under the 2013 Act, a scrap metal dealer who operates without a licence is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. The Sentencing Council are responsible for setting the maximum statutory fine limits and, for offences committed after 13 March 2015, the maximum fine for Level 5 is unlimited.</p><p><br>The Home Office collects information from police forces on the number of offences that involved the theft of metal for its scrap metal value. These data are published annually by the Office for National Statistics and can be found in the ‘Property Crime tables’ here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables</a>. The Government does not hold data on the number of unlicensed scrap metal sites that have been closed by local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL16763 question first answered 11/07/2019 16:32:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern