Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Centre for Economics and Business Research report, The economic impact of the UK’s New Approach Methodologies sector, on behalf of Animal Free Research UK, published 6 October 2021, whether the forthcoming Spending Review will make further funding available to (a) support the NAMs industry and (b) accelerate the replacement of animals in research with NAMs including the use of human cells and tissues, artificial intelligence and organ-on-a-chip technology.

Future funding decisions will be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review 2021.