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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2009. It was answered by Meg Hillier (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.


Animal Experiments

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulated procedures were carried out on animals at Wickham Laboratories in 2008; and how many of these involved potency testing of botulinum toxin.
Answer

I am unable to disclose how many regulated procedures were carried out on animals at Wickham Laboratories in 2008 and how many of those involved potency testing of botulinum toxin.Information on number of regulated procedures relating to individual establishments cannot be disclosed in order to protect statistical confidentiality, in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (implementing the Statistics and Registration Act 2007) and the national statistician's guidance "Confidentiality of Official Statistics".


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c661W; 302811
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Animal experiments Wickham Research Laboratories
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk