Found: We have built an extensive network of experts in the field of human relevant science, who have a wealth

Found: This view is supported by a report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Human Relevant Science

Found: We foresee this work accelerating the transition to more human-relevant science through the development

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to support human relevant science.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

UKRI actively supports and accelerates advances in biomedical science and technologies to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. This includes MRC and BBSRC providing approximately £10 million per annum for the world-leading National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). Total funding for human-relevant science is not routinely captured given that it covers not only investment in the development and delivery of Non-Animal Technologies, but also the underpinning basic science that sits beneath this as well as research across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, and in all major disease areas.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department has allocated to research and innovation relating to human relevant science since her Department was established.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

UKRI actively supports and accelerates advances in biomedical science and technologies to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. This includes MRC and BBSRC providing approximately £10 million per annum for the world-leading National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs). Total funding for human-relevant science is not routinely captured given that it covers not only investment in the development and delivery of Non-Animal Technologies, but also the underpinning basic science that sits beneath this as well as research across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, and in all major disease areas.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Human Relevant Science to be tasked with accelerating the take-up of innovative medical research techniques such as the use of artificial intelligence and organ-on-a-chip technology.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

My hon. Friend, the Member for Wealden (Nusrat Ghani), is the Minister of State (Minister for Science and Investment Security) at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. A summary of her responsibilities can be found on gov.uk here:

Minister of State (Minister for Science and Investment Security) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make assessment of the potential merits of the creation a new ministerial role with specific responsibility for leading the replacement of animal experiments with human relevant science.

Answered by George Freeman

The Government continues to actively support and fund the development and dissemination of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) for the use of animals in scientific procedures. This is achieved through UK Research and Innovation’s funding of the National Centre for the 3Rs, which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of non-animal technologies, and through research into the development of alternatives by Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

The Government is committed to the development of alternatives to using animals in scientific procedures and to avoiding unnecessary suffering. As laid out in the List of Ministerial responsibilities, I am the Minister with lead responsibility in this area.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to steps to accelerate the transition from animal research to human relevant science.

Answered by George Freeman

UK Research and Innovation is committed to ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront of global efforts to reduce, refine or replace the use of animals in research, and provides core funding to the National Centre for 3Rs of £49.1 million over 5 years.

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has just launched £4 million of funding targeted at developing the next generation of non-animal technology and driving the uptake of existing non-animal technology.

The Medical Research Council launched the new Experimental Medicine Panel in 2020, which has an annual budget of £10 million, and is dedicated to investigating diseases directly in humans using non-invasive techniques.

Found: Commons Library Debate Pack , 15 February 2024 6 Useful links All-party Parliamentary Group for Human

Found: in recital 10 of Directive 2010/63/EU; acknowledges the ever -increasing capacity of animal- free, human

Animal-free science and animal tests

Found: step up efforts to end animal experiments and become a world leader in the development of humane and human-relevant

Found: clearly needed around the 3Rs and the role of ASRU.Threats and Challenges •Increasing reference to “human