Animal experiments (procedures) in 2022 & 2023
Dear University of Portsmouth,
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 & 2023 (01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022 and 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023).
1. Did your university conduct experiments on animals in the year 2022 & 2023?
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?
14. Which non-animal research methods are available at the university?
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
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Dear Wendy,
I refer to your email of 30 June 2024 in which you submitted a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates to
information concerning animal research.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 29 July
2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do so.
Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free to
contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
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Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
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T: 023 92 84 3103
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University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
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Dear Wendy,
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information Request.
I trust the information in the attached letter is helpful to you but if
you have any further queries, please feel free to contact me by replying
to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
[6][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK
adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes of
carbon a year – so, [7]think before you thank.
On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 16:00, C- ID <[8][email address]> wrote:
Dear Wendy,
I refer to your email of 30 June 2024 in which you submitted a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your request relates to
information concerning animal research.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request. Therefore, I will respond more fully by 29
July 2024, although if it is possible to reply before then I will do
so. Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free
to contact me again by replying to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [9]Neurodiverse Network, the [10]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [11]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [12][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [13]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace,
Portsmouth, PO1 2EG
[14][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every
UK adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes
of carbon a year – so, [15]think before you thank.
Dear Nicola,
Thank you for the information I requested. You mentioned Annex A is attached but I could not find any other document. Are you able to send me Annex A so I have the details for the year 2022?
Yours sincerely,
Wendy Park
Dear Wendy,
Many thanks for your email and please accept my apologies for the
oversight in not including the Annex mentioned in the letter.
Please see attached with my apologies for the delay.
Best wishes
Nicola
Nicola Young
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Member of the [1]Neurodiverse Network, the [2]LGBTQ Staff
Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth,
PO1 2EG
[6][IMG]
Please don’t take offence if I don’t reply to say ‘thank you’. If every UK
adult sent 1 less courtesy email a day, we’d save over 16,400 tonnes of
carbon a year – so, [7]think before you thank.
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