§ Mr. PageTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many experiments on animals took place
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Grants to police authorities 1996–97 Police revenue grant (Home Office)1 £ Police capital grant (Home Office) £ Other grants (Home Office, DETR, Welsh Office) 2 £ Total £ Avon and Somerset 77,278,260 2,351,000 25,030,505 104,659,765 Bedfordshire 28,811,092 1,167,000 9,252,820 39,230,912 Cambridgeshire 33,348,537 629,000 8,821,067 42,798,604 Cheshire 49,500,131 961,000 14,065,961 64,527,092 City of London3 27,831,884 421,000 203,269 28,456,153 Cleveland 36,816,273 740,000 18,685,068 56,241,341 Cumbria 28,688,560 585,000 11,833,101 41,106,661 in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will estimate how many of these would have been avoided under the voluntary agreement. [16652]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe "Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 1996" were laid in the House in July. These show that 2,716,587 procedures were carried out on animals. Of these, 252 were for the purpose of safety testing of finished cosmetic products, the category of tests covered by the voluntary ban.
The ban on cosmetic product testing is an important first step. We announced on 6 November that we would also be exploring a ban on the testing of ingredients for "vanity" products and finished household products.
§ Mr. PageTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the companies licensed to carry out experiments on animals with their addresses and, where appropriate, the name of the holding company. [16653]
§ Mr. George HowarthSection 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 prohibits the disclosure of information given in confidence. This includes the details of establishments designated under the Act as places where animal experiments may be carried out.
Publication of such information would increase the risk to establishments, and those who work in them, of attack by animal rights extremists.