Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 15 April 2026, to question 125325 on Animal Welfare: Inspections, what is the number of animals used annually by MBR Acres.

The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the use of animals in science which contain information on the number of procedures conducted, including breakdowns by species of animals. The statistics report both the total number of procedures conducted and the number of animals used for the first time in a given year. Data is collected and published on an annual basis and is not disaggregated by establishment.

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) requires establishments that breed or supply animals for use in scientific procedures to be licensed and regulated, even where no scientific procedures are carried out on site.

MBR Acres Ltd is a breeding facility and does not carry out onsite testing.