Animal Experiments in 2022

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Dear University of the West of Scotland,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I
am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I request to know the
information for the year 2022 (01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022).

1. Did your university conduct experiments on animals in the year 2022?
2. How many animals were used in experiments(species & number of each)?
3. How many animals were bred on the premises (species & number of each)?
4. What was the nature and outcome of these experiments?
5. What are the Home Office licence classifications for these experiments in
terms of pain, lasting harm, etc. if classified (species & number of each)?
6. Were the animals used for medical or non-medical research?
7. Which departments of your university were or are engaged in such research?
8. How many animals were killed without being used for experiments (species &
a number of each)?
9. How many animals were rehomed (species & number of each)?
10. Of those that were not re-homed, why not?
11. Does the university receive an income for performing animal research?
12. Does the university incur any costs by performing animal research?
13. Were there more non-animal research methods used than animal methods? Eg. 70% where non-animal models were used and 30% where animal models were used.
14. Which non-animal research methods are available at the university? Eg. 3D printing, human skin cells, organ-on-a-chip.

If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to
it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within 20 working
days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing
that you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,
Wendy Park

FOI, University of the West of Scotland

Dear Wendy Park

 

Please accept this email as an acknowledgement from the University of the
West of Scotland of your recent Freedom of Information request noted
below.

 

Your request for information is being considered and a response will be
sent to you promptly and in any event not later than 20 working days as
defined by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

University of the West of Scotland

 

 

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Dear Wendy Park

 

Please find attached the response from University of the West of Scotland
to your recent FOI request.

 

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team

University of the West of Scotland

 

 

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