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Ministry of Defence;Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

Answer

Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with which countries the DERA has been involved in collaborative research involving animals in the last 10 years. [20511] Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). I have asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend. Letter from J. Chisholm to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 18 December 1999: As Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) I have been asked to reply to your question about which countries DERA has been involved with in collaborative research involving the use of animals over the past ten years. DERA has been, and continues to be, involved in a large number of collaborative research programmes, a small number of which involve the use of animals by one or more of the partners. Information as to whether specific programmes include animal use is not collected centrally, and to look at agreements individually in order to identify those which involve animals would incur unreasonable costs. However, in general terms, collaboration involving the exchange of data likely to have been generated form experiments involving animals occurs, or has occurred with the following countries-- United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. I am sorry that I cannot be more helpful on this occasion.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20511; 303 c278W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Animals Defence Animal experiments Research Defence Evaluation and Research Agency