Below you can find the full list of references from our current Policy Approach.

1) Home Office, Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2023 (September 2024) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-great-britain-2023

2) Labour, Change – Labour Party Manifesto 2024 (June 2024) https://labour.org.uk/change/my-plan-for-change/

3) Replacing Animal Research, Fact or Fiction – Mapping perceptions of animal testing (June 2020) https://replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FRAME-report-v9.pdf

4) Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/14/contents

5) Dr Francis Rawle, The role of review and regulatory approvals processes for animal research in supporting implementation of the 3Rs (February 2023) https://nc3rs.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-02/Rawle%20project%20report.pdf

6) Home Office, Guidance Notes for Project Licence Applications (February 2024) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65cb31ff103de2000eb8f33f/Guidance+Notes+for+Project+Licence+Applications.pdf

7) Replacing Animal Research, Suggested Improvements to the ASPeL Project Licence Application (March 2025) https://replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Replacing-Animal-Research-Suggested-Improvements-to-ASPeL-Project-Licence-Application-March-25.pdf 

8) Replacing Animal Research, Replacement checklist (April 2025) https://replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/resources/replacement-checklist/

9) The London School of Economics and Political Science, Review of the Evidence of Sentience in Cephalopod Molluscs and Decapod Crustaceans (November 2021) https://www.lse.ac.uk/news/news-assets/pdfs/2021/sentience-in-cephalopod-molluscs-and-decapod-crustaceans-final-report-november-2021.pdf

10) Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3167

11) Home Office, Non-technical summaries of projects granted under ASPA (January 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/non-technical-summaries-of-projects-granted-under-aspa#full-publication-update-history

12) European Commission, ALURES EU Statistics database on the use of animals for scientific purposes under Directive 2010/63/EU (August 2025) https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/envdataportal/content/alures/section1_number-of-animals.html

13) Animals in Science Committee, Commission on non-technical summaries and retrospective assessments (December 2024) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commission-on-non-technical-summaries-and-retrospective-assessments

14) Home Office, Consultation on the view of Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (May 2014) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7e0ba7e5274a2e87daf307/Consultation_on_the_review_of_Section_24_of_ASPA.pdf

15) Animals in Science Committee, Minutes of the 42^nd Meeting: 12^th March 2024 (March 2024) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a7af0b49b9c0597fdb0685/ASC+meeting+minutes_+12+March+2024.pdf

16) Office for Statistics Regulation, Mark Pont to Jon Simmons – Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals (March 2023) https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/mark-pont-to-jon-simmons-annual-statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-great-britain/

17) Home Office, User guide to annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain (September 2024) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals/user-guide-to-annual-statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals-great-britain

18) Replacing Animal Research, FRAME Animals in Science Statistics Recommendations (September 2023) https://replacinganimalresearch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FRAME-Animals-in-Science-Statistics-Recommendations-Letter-Sept-2023.pdf

19) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Government backs UK R&D with record £20.4 billion investment at Autumn Budget (October 2024) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-backs-uk-rd-with-record-204-billion-investment-at-autumn-budget

20) UKRI, UKRI policy for research and innovation involving animals (July 2024) https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-wide-policy-on-research-and-innovation-involving-animals/

21) UKRI, Studentships and doctoral training (February 2025) https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/studentships-and-doctoral-training/get-a-studentship-to-fund-your-doctorate/

22) Cruelty Free International, Replace Animal Tests: The UK RAT list https://crueltyfreeinternational.org/replace-animal-tests-uk-rat-list