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Home Office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals: user guide

User guide to Home Office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 10 July 2012
• Last updated: 9 July 2026
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  1. 9 July 2026

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2025'.

  2. 23 October 2025

     Updated to accompany the publication of 'Scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2024'.

  3. 11 September 2024

     Updated to accompany the publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2023'.

  4. 13 July 2023

     Updated to accompany release of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2022'.

  5. 30 June 2022

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2021'.

  6. 15 July 2021

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2020'.

  7. 16 July 2020

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2019'.

  8. 18 July 2019

     Updated to accompany release of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2018’.

  9. 19 July 2018

     Updated to accompany release of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2017’.

  10. 13 July 2017

      Updated to accompany the publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2016’.

  11. 20 July 2016

      Updated to accompany the publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2015'.

  12. 29 October 2015

      Updated following the publication on 22 October 2015 of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2014'.

  13. 22 October 2015

      Added this text 'The guide is currently in the process of being updated to reflect changes to the 2014 collection and will be available in due course'.

  14. 10 July 2014

      Updated to accompany publication of 'Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2013'.

  15. 16 July 2013

      Updated July 2013.

  16. 10 July 2012

      First published.

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