QinetiQ

Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many goats have died as a result of experiments at QinetiQ Alverstoke in each year since 2000.

Mr. Ingram
The number of goats that have died during the experiments and have been humanely killed following exposure to experiments at QinetiQ Alverstoke in each year since 2000 are detailed in the following table. The number of procedures in each year is also presented.

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|                         |Number of goats that died during an experiment|Number of goats humanely killed following exposure to experiments|Number of procedures|
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|20061                    |0                                             |8                                                                |57                  |
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|2005                     |0                                             |20                                                               |64                  |
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|2004                     |0                                             |0                                                                |27                  |
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|2003                     |2                                             |16                                                               |75                  |
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|2002                     |2                                             |5                                                                |50                  |
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|2001                     |0                                             |20                                                               |53                  |
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|1 Year to 31 October 2006|                                              |                                                                 |                    |
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