§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications he has received for licences to undertake testing for endocrine disrupters; and if he will indicate in each case the(a) level of funding, (b) length of study, (c) animal species which are to be used and (d) relevant research body. [124786]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienNo project licences have been issued to undertake regulatory testing of endocrine disrupters as there is currently no formally agreed regulatory test requirement or protocol.
Licences have been issued to assist in the development and validation of the test systems that might be required to underpin any regulatory testing regime. The work is done almost exclusively on fish.
Information on sources of funding, research bodies and length of studies are not collated centrally.