HC Deb 27 October 1993 vol 230 cc641-2W
Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider establishing a list of registered interests for members of the Animal Procedures Committee similar to those registers available for other independent Government advisory committees.

Mr. Charles Wardle

I shall arrange for such a list to be included in future reports of the Animal Procedures Committee.

Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of(a) procedures and (b) animals used for research on (i) tobacco, (ii) cosmetics and toiletries, (iii) food additives and (iv) alcohol in 1990, 1991 and 1992.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Categories (i) to (iv) are not separately recorded for medical or applied research purposes but are for procedures for safety evaluation. The number of procedures were as follows:

Year Tobacco Cosmetics and toiletries Food additives Alcohol
1990 659 4,365 10,822 1,429
1991 512 3,082 10,855 1,294
1992 197 2,164 6,134 1,087

The number of animals used in each procedure could be extracted from the recorded information only at disproportionate cost.

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