§ Mr. Tom CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many animals were used in experiments either for medicine or cosmetics in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest available information is published in "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 1987" (Cm. 515). Information for medicine for 1985 to 1987 is given in table 20 and for cosmetics for 1987 in table 3. Information on experiments for cosmetics for earlier years is contained in table 15 of "Statistics of Experiments on Living Animals Great Britain 1986" (Cm. 187). Copies of these publications are in the Library.