Policy paper

Government response to future of drones in the UK consultation

Outlines the decision to give the police greater powers to tackle drone misuse and better protect airports.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Taking flight: the future of drones in the UK government response (web version)

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Taking flight: the future of drones in the UK government response (print version)

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Taking flight: the future of drones in the UK government response (correction slip)

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Details

This is the government’s response to the Taking flight: the future of drones in the UK consultation, which ran from 26 July 2018 to 17 September 2018.

It outlines the government’s decisions, including to:

  • legislate to give the police greater powers to tackle drone misuse, including the power to issue on the spot fines
  • better protect our airports by extending the area around airports and runways in which drones are banned from being flown

Updates to this page

Published 7 January 2019
Last updated 18 January 2019 + show all updates
  1. Correction slip included in command paper to explain that text referring to a 250g minimum weight limit for small drones, on page 11 at paragraph 2.5, was added in error.

  2. First published.

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