Question follow-through · 19668

Airports: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Gatwick Airport on the cost resulting from drones near the airport in 2018.

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 16 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2026
Answer: 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling

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16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Gatwick Airport on the cost resulting from drones near the airport in 2018.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
My Department regularly engages with AirportsUK, individual airports and other partners on the risk that drone incursions pose to airport security and resilience. We also work closely with Home Office on the role of advanced counter-drone technologies in ...

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