Animal research and testing

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• Conflict of interest declaration form: ASPA 1986

  Conflict of interest declaration form for named persons under ASPA 1986.

• ASRU complaints procedure

  The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) is committed to providing a high-quality service to its regulated community.

• Procedures on living animals: annual return for the 2013 statistics

  Annual return for the 2013 statistics and guidance notes.

• Non-technical summaries granted during 2013: volume 2

  Volume 2 of the non-technical summaries granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2013.

• Non-technical summaries granted during 2013: volume 3

  Volume 3 of the non-technical summaries granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2013.

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Guidance and regulation

• Animal testing and research: guidance for the regulated community
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 April 2024
  • Home Office
• Code of practice for the housing and care of animals bred, supplied or used for scientific purposes
  • Statutory guidance
  • 17 December 2014
  • Home Office
• The operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
  • Guidance
  • 8 October 2024
  • Home Office
• Consolidated version of ASPA 1986
  • Guidance
  • 14 June 2017
  • Animals in Science Committee
• Personal licence: standard conditions
  • Guidance
  • 13 February 2020
  • Home Office

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News and communications

• ASRU operational newsletter, July 2024
  • 2 August 2024
  • Home Office
  • Correspondence
• Public attitudes to animal research: letter to Andrew Griffith
  • 11 April 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Correspondence
• Animal testing debate: letter to Andrew Griffith
  • 11 April 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Correspondence
• Appointments and reappointments to the Animals in Science Committee
  • 12 March 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • News story
• Animals in Science: ministerial commission 2024
  • 6 March 2024
  • Home Office and Animals in Science Committee
  • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

• Advice on non-human primates used in service licences
  • 24 October 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Research
• The future of futures: participatory futures research in the ASC
  • 9 April 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Research
• Advice on the use of the forced swim test
  • 5 July 2023
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Research
• ACRE advice: the regulation of genetic technologies
  • 29 September 2021
  • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
  • Research
• Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2020
  • 15 July 2021
  • Home Office
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Decapods: call for evidence
  • 5 October 2023
  • Home Office
  • Closed call for evidence
• Non-human primates used in safety or efficacy testing
  • 7 September 2023
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Open call for evidence
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: animal research and testing
  • 8 May 2015
  • Home Office
  • Policy paper
• Working to reduce the use of animals in research: delivery report
  • 26 March 2015
  • Home Office, Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, and Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Cumulative severity review: response by Animals in Science Committee
  • 30 July 2014
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Animals in Science Committee: members' register of interests
  • 21 November 2024
  • Animals in Science Committee
  • Transparency
• Non-technical summaries granted in 2024
  • 11 November 2024
  • Home Office
  • Transparency
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) research involving animals
  • 16 October 2024
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • Corporate report
• Non-technical summaries granted in 2022
  • 25 April 2024
  • Home Office
  • Transparency
• Non-technical summaries granted in 2020
  • 25 April 2024
  • Home Office
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Home Office
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Border Force

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• Marine Management Organisation
• UK Health Security Agency

• Animals in Science Committee
• Office for Life Sciences
• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment