Question follow-through · 19617
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 56 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to support police forces to develop drone-as-first-responder programmes, including through funding, shared operational standards and the evaluation and expansion of
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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10 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the benefits that drone technology can provide to policing operations. The Home Office has supported police forces to develop Drone as First Responders (DFR) through funding of the NPCC Drones Programme since 2022. This programme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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