Question follow-through · 72065
Unmanned Air Systems: Low Flying
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle drones flying over properties at under 400 feet.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle drones flying over properties at under 400 feet.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
All drone operators in the UK must adhere to the Drone and Model Aircraft Code, overseen by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This includes protections for privacy. For a drone operator to undertake operations under 400ft they must successfully apply fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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