Home Office<p>This Government promotes advances in biomedical science and technologies that include stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques.</p><p>These advances are providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. Animals can only be used where there is no practicable alternatives and where the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) have been fully implemented. There are no plans to legislate for conducting human-relevant science.</p>Wyre and Preston NorthMr Ben Wallace2019-07-10false2019-07-10T15:51:23.123Z1Home OfficeHome Office2019-07-02Science: Research1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support human-relevant science.falseCrawleyHenry Smith272219Home Office<p>The Home Office ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternative exists, and under controls which keep suffering to the minimum. This is achieved through robustly applying the principles of the 3Rs which require that, in every research proposal, animals are replaced with non-animal alternatives wherever possible; that the number of animals used is reduced to the minimum needed to achieve the results sought; and that, for those animals which must be used, procedures are refined as much as possible to minimise their suffering.</p>Wyre and Preston NorthMr Ben Wallace2017-11-14false2017-11-14T14:47:44.503Z1Home OfficeHome Office2017-11-03Animal Experiments1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce use of live animals in experiments.falseCrawleyHenry Smith111374Home Office<p>The Home Office does not keep records of project licence applications that have been rejected or withdrawn at either the concept or the drafting stage of the application process. The Secretary of State has not rejected any of the recommendations for granting project licences made by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit inspectors between 2014 and 2016.</p>Wyre and Preston NorthMr Ben Wallace2017-11-14false2017-11-14T14:48:45.92Z1Home OfficeHome Office2017-11-03Animal Experiments: Licensing1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, how many project licence applications the Home Office rejected in 2016, 2015 and 2014.falseCrawleyHenry Smith111372Home Office<p>The Home Office does not hold information on the proportion of regulated animal procedures which are funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.</p>Wyre and Preston NorthMr Ben Wallace2017-11-14false2017-11-14T15:08:03.767Z1Home OfficeHome Office2017-11-03Animal Experiments1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated animal procedures conducted in 2016 were funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.falseCrawleyHenry Smith111373Home Office<p>The Home Office publishes Impact Assessments which analyse the impacts of migration policy changes, including quantified and unquantified costs and benefits.</p>TorbayKevin Foster2021-07-13false2021-07-13T14:57:55.097Z1Home OfficeHome Office2021-07-05Immigration: Housing1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include housing availability in the development of immigration policy.falseCrawleyHenry Smith27121Home Office<p>Public health will always come first. The government will carefully assess the impact of these measures in preventing transmission of coronavirus in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The need for the restrictions, and the requirements imposed, will be reviewed in line with social distancing measures, currently every three weeks. The first review will be in w/c 28 June.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider factors such as SAGE advice, the domestic and international incidence of Covid-19, the level of infection and transmission, emerging scientific evidence for antibody and other screening methods being appropriate for international travel health measures, economic impact, and initiatives being trialled to secure safe travel.</p>TorbayKevin Foster2020-06-09false2020-06-09T13:31:41.953Z1Home OfficeHome Office2020-05-19Travel: Coronavirus1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what review mechanisms she will put in place to assess the (a) effectiveness of and (b) need for a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving at UK airports, ports and other points of entry.falseCrawleyHenry Smith52657Home Office<p>It is too soon to impose a timetable on phasing out the use of animals of animals in those areas of scientific enquiry that are delivering benefits to people, animals and the environment.</p><p>The UK’s rigorous regulatory system requires that no animal testing takes place if there is a validated non-animal alternative that would achieve the scientific outcomes sought. Prior to any work being authorised, project licence proposals for research on animals for which there is no non-animal alternative must comply fully with the principles of the 3Rs: replacement, reduction and refinement.</p>TorbayKevin Foster2021-04-20false2021-04-20T15:09:56.707Z1Home OfficeHome Office2021-03-29Animal Experiments1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's long-term strategy is for phasing out the use of animals in scientific procedures as non-animal technologies are further developed; and if she will publish that strategy.falseCrawleyHenry Smith178554Home Office<p>All those coming to the UK are assessed against the immigration rules and must meet the suitability and eligibility requirements. All UK visa applications are considered on their individual merits.</p>TorbayKevin Foster2020-07-07false2020-07-07T16:14:48.213Z1Home OfficeHome Office2020-06-29Visas: China1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a visa ban on officials from the Peoples Republic of China entering the UK in response to the Chinese Government's policies in relation to human rights in Hong Kong.falseCrawleyHenry Smith66017Home Office<p>We do not publicly comment on matters of national security.</p>Tonbridge and MallingTom Tugendhat2023-03-30false2023-03-30T15:47:48.6Z1Home OfficeHome Office2023-03-22BGI Group1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) scientists and (b) postgraduate students barred from working in the UK in 2023 on national security grounds are associated with BGI Group.falseCrawleyHenry Smith171383Home Office<p>The National Protective Security Authority, with the National Cyber Security Centre, have developed the Trusted Research campaign to help academia make the most of international collaborations, by informing them of the threat and helping them to make sensible decisions about research and research partners.</p><p>More recently they also developed the Secure Innovation campaign which is focused on helping new start-ups in the emerging and critical technology sectors to better protect themselves and, think carefully about their partners and investment.</p><p>We will continue to work with NPSA to support industry and academia.</p>Tonbridge and MallingTom Tugendhat2023-03-30false2023-03-30T15:45:56.197Z1Home OfficeHome Office2023-03-22BGI Group1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Protective Security Authority is taking steps to provide guidance to (a) businesses and (b) universities on dealing with BGI Group.falseCrawleyHenry Smith171384100148