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Food Supply: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the impact of Beyond Visual Line of Sight restrictions on drone technology for British food security.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
6 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the impact of Beyond Visual Line of Sight restrictions on drone technology for British food security.

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Drone payloads are subject to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) regulation UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947, which covers payloads for agricultural use. This type of operation in the Specific category is subject to a risk assessment conducted by the applican...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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