Written question asked by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 March 2026. It was answered by Lord Vallance of Balham (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Animal Experiments

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the strategy Replacing animals in science, published on 11 November 2025, whether they plan to establish a national platform to catalogue and share non-animal methods and expertise used in research and regulatory testing.

Answer: The UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) Gateway on F1000Research is an established platform to accelerate the dissemination of detailed non-animal methodologies, data notes, and software tools to improve animal welfare and reduce animal use in science. In the ‘Replacing animals in science’ strategy published in November 2025 we commit to increasing the scope of the gateway so that by the end of 2026 it is available to all researchers developing alternative methods.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL15370
Session: 2024-26
Related items: Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Subjects: Animal experiments
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk