Question follow-through · 107870
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support her Department is providing to the Regulatory Innovation Office to help ensure greater commercial and non-military drone adoption.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support her Department is providing to the Regulatory Innovation Office to help ensure greater commercial and non-military drone adoption.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2026
Answer published
The RIO is a key Government lever for achieving its transformative ambitions in regulatory innovation. It has been established as an in-house function within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).The RIO has been working in partners...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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