Dan Jarvis corrected a written answer on Animal Experiments

19 March 2025 · Commons written answer · Home Office

Mr Richard Holden (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay) asked written question 37318 on 11 March 2025. Dan Jarvis answered on 18 March 2025 for the Home Office, and Dan Jarvis corrected the answer on 19 March 2025. The corrected text adds the figure 2.68 million, which the original did not give. Altogether 295 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were housed in UK (a) laboratories, (b) breeding centres and (c) universities but not used in scientific procedures in 2023; and how many animals were not used in scientific procedures and euthanised in 2023.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~Cryptoassets exchanges, like all businesses who launder funds, can be prosecuted under the money laundering offences~~ in ~~Part 7~~ of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and fined accordingly. In April 2024, new powers came into force to enable law enforcement to more effectively investigate, seize, and recover the proceeds of crime within the cryptoasset ecosystem.Since 2020, businesses providing cryptoasset services that fall under the scope of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the ~~Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs) in~~ the ~~United Kingdom have also been required to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and comply with the requirements~~ of the regulations. They must also comply with the UK sanctions regime and are obliged to report any breach of these regimes to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI). They should further consider their obligation to submit a suspicious activity report (SAR) to the UK Financial Intelligence Unit. More widely, the government has bolstered law enforcement’s capacity and capability to tackle money laundering through cryptoassets. This includes new specialist capability in the NCA and partner agencies, funding public-private crypto collaboration teams in police forces and Regional Organised Crime Units, and the ~~development~~ of ~~a multi-agency operational crypto cell to ensure that knowledge~~ and ~~abilities in investigating cryptoassets are pooled together and all available tools and powers are exploited efficiently.~~	The available data in this area was most recently set out in Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, published on 11 September 2024. The statistics provide full details on the number of licensed procedures carried out, the species of animals and the purposes for which the procedures have been undertaken. The 2023 Annual Statistics show that 2.68 million scientific procedures involving living animals were carried out in Great Britain in 2023; this is a decrease of 3% on last year and the lowest number since 2001.

Original

Corrected

~~Cryptoassets exchanges, like all businesses who launder funds, can be prosecuted under the money laundering offences~~ in ~~Part 7~~ of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and fined accordingly. In April 2024, new powers came into force to enable law enforcement to more effectively investigate, seize, and recover the proceeds of crime within the cryptoasset ecosystem.Since 2020, businesses providing cryptoasset services that fall under the scope of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the ~~Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs) in~~ the ~~United Kingdom have also been required to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and comply with the requirements~~ of the regulations. They must also comply with the UK sanctions regime and are obliged to report any breach of these regimes to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI). They should further consider their obligation to submit a suspicious activity report (SAR) to the UK Financial Intelligence Unit.
More widely, the government has bolstered law enforcement’s capacity and capability to tackle money laundering through cryptoassets. This includes new specialist capability in the NCA and partner agencies, funding public-private crypto collaboration teams in police forces and Regional Organised Crime Units, and the ~~development~~ of ~~a multi-agency operational crypto cell to ensure that knowledge~~ and ~~abilities in investigating cryptoassets are pooled together and all available tools and powers are exploited efficiently.~~

The available data in this area was most recently set out in Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, published on 11 September 2024. The statistics provide full details on the number of licensed procedures carried out, the species of animals and the purposes for which the procedures have been undertaken. The 2023 Annual Statistics show that 2.68 million scientific procedures involving living animals were carried out in Great Britain in 2023; this is a decrease of 3% on last year and the lowest number since 2001.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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