Updated: Supplementary tables amended. Table 6a, table 3 of 4, title changed from ‘2010’ to ‘2011’. Table 3 (Summary version): At the bottom of the table ‘Percentage of total for 2010’ amended to ' Percentage of total for 2011’, additional table to the right headed 'Great Britain 2010' deleted.
Annual statistics relating to scientific procedures performed on living animals under the provisions of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 puts into effect a rigorous system of controls on scientific work on living animals, including the need for both the researcher and the project to be separately licensed; stringent safeguards on animal pain and suffering; and general requirements to ensure the care and welfare of animals.
Included in the publication are general, non-toxicology and toxicology statistical tables.
You can find out more about our statistical methods in the User guide to Home Office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals.