Question follow-through · 19882
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to promote the wider adoption of drones by police forces.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to promote the wider adoption of drones by police forces.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The decision to use drones and in which circumstances are operational matters for police forces who are subject to the requirements of the Air Navigation Order and Data Protection legislation when operating drones.Drone technology is developing at a rapid...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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