Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 94286

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times drones have been recorded delivering (a) weapons and (b) drugs into prisons in each of the last three years.

Answer

Jake Richards

We publish the number of drone incidents in England and Wales in the HMPPS Annual Digest, please see table 6_1 in the Finds tables. The latest issue covers the 12-month period to March 2025, with a time series of drone incidents starting from the 12-month...

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