Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 7631, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the use of primates in research and regulatory testing for human medicines since September 2017; and if he will make a statement.

The Home Office ensures that animals are only used when necessary and under strict controls which keep suffering to a minimum. Any research which we licence must undergo a thorough harm-benefit analysis including ensuring that the planned work implements the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement).