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Question follow-through · 59983

Unmanned Air Systems: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58165 on Unmanned Air Systems: Military Bases, whether any investigations were ongoing into drone activity in the vicinity of other security bases in the three m

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
19 Jun 2025
Answer
19 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 58165 on Unmanned Air Systems: Military Bases, whether any investigations were ongoing into drone activity in the vicinity of other security bases in the three m

  2. 19 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The use of uncrewed aerial systems around protected areas in the UK causes a risk to life and is illegal. Such activity will be subject to thorough investigation. We are unable to release information relating to ongoing criminal investigations or operatio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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