Publications and reference
Abstracts
We publish details of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to contribute to greater openness, and to greater public understanding and debate, about the use of animals in science, and how it is regulated.
These abstracts are produced by the project licence holders and the Home Office bears no authorial or editorial responsibility for the content of the abstracts. We are satisfied that the abstracts:
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provide an accurate account of the licensed work they describe
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are suitable in all other respects for publication on this website
About the abstracts
The information contained in the abstracts is intended to reflect how the licensing criteria of the 1986 Act have been met.
Under the 1986 Act, project licences are only granted for specified permissible purposes:
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where there are no non-animal alternatives
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when the benefits expected from the programmes of work are judged to outweigh the likely adverse effects on the animals concerned
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the number of animals used and their suffering must also be minimised
We intend to publish abstracts for the month the licences are granted - any received after the licences are granted will be added later.
Copyright owners
The project licence holders are owners of the copyright relating to abstracts. Requests for any permission to reproduce any part of the material must be made to the project licence holders via the Home Office. There is no legal obligation for the licence holders to provide abstracts although the Government actively encourages their publication.
