Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 40667

Prisons: Security

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) anti-drone technologies and (b) Radio Frequency Effector technology in prisons.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is working hard to deter, detect and disrupt the use of drones delivering contraband into prisons.The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 authorises the use of counter-drone technology...

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