Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 86817

Unmanned Air Vehicles

Tabled: 30 October 2025

Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) registration, (b) geofencing and (c) remote identification requirements for (i) drones and (ii) drone components in order to imp

Answer

Keir Mather

This Government is delivering the following reforms in the Unmanned Aircraft (Amendment) Regulations 2025.(a) All drones weighing 100g or more with a camera must be registered from 1st January 2026.(b) Drones weighing 250g or more must have geo-awareness ...

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