Question follow-through · 75815
Medical Equipment: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to deploy drone technologies carrying (a) defibrillators and (b) other emergency medical equipment.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to deploy drone technologies carrying (a) defibrillators and (b) other emergency medical equipment.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to innovation in drones and other growth sectors, and work is ongoing across Government, including between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Civil Aviation Authority, to support the safe and effective introductio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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