Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 108373
Police: Unmanned Air Systems
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 11 February 2026
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to update the Air Navigation Order 2016 to support the use of beyond-line-of-sight drones by police forces.
Answer
Keir MatherThe are currently no plans to update the Air Navigation Order 2016 in relation to police drone operations because non-military state drone operations such as those undertaken by police forces and performed in the public interest are already exempt from th...
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