§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of his Department's inspectorate of scientific procedures on living animals on 31 December 1990 were based in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldThese figures are routinely given in the "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain"—table 28 in 1989: Cm. 1152. On 31 December 1990, there were 19 members of the Home Office animals (scientific procedures) inspectorate in post. Sixteen inspectors were based in London and the regional offices in England; and three in the office in Scotland. There is no office in Wales.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to publish annually the number of designated places for scientific procedures on living animals in each of(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldStatistics on the number of certificates of designation issued each year under section 6 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, and of the number of such certificates in force in Great Britain, are published annually in the "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals"—table 29 in 1989: Cm 1152—and in chapter 2 of the annual reports of the Animal Procedures Committee. There are no plans to disaggregate this information on a more localised basis.
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if his Department has evaluated or will evaluate the number of additional animals, by species, that will be used in medical research in order to meet the regulatory requirements for the licensing of new human medical products imposed by EC draft directive (III 9026/90/Rev 1) if implemented;
(2) if his Department has evaluated or will evaluate the number of additional animals, by species, that will be used in medical research in order to meet the regulatory requirements for the licensing of new veterinary products imposed by EC draft directive (III 9026/90/Rev 1) if implemented.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe task of the Home Office is to license and regulate scientific procedures on living animals under70W the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. My right hon. Friend is not in a position to estimate in advance the number of project licences which may be sought, or the number of procedures authorised by those licences which may be carried out, for any particular purpose.