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1567025

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about drone corridors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swire
	uin	HL4803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567026

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Country Land and Business Association, (2) the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, and (3) other relevant countryside bodies, about drone corridors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swire
	uin	HL4804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567027

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on Project Skyway.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swire
	uin	HL4805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567028

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what rights of appeal (1) house owners, and (2) landowners, will have on the designation of drone corridors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swire
	uin	HL4806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4804 HL4805 HL4807 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1567029

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with aviation bodies about drone corridors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Swire
	uin	HL4807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Drone corridors do not currently exist as a defined term or policy.</p><p> </p><p>Current work to further the potential of drone operations is focused on enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations and the integration of new airspace users - including drones - into the UK’s airspace.</p><p> </p><p>Current airspace change policy (the CAP 1616 process) requires that any permanent change is done following consultation with affected stakeholders, including those on the ground. This CAP 1616 process is required for any change to airspace design, including in the event of the proposed establishment of corridors to support drone operations. Any permanent proposed change would also need to be consistent with the overall developing Airspace Modernisation Strategy - widely consulted upon and due to be published in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Project Skyway is a project that is part of a UKRI Challenge Fund, the Future Flight Challenge (FFC). Project Skyway has received public funding and has been developed and progressed by private companies. Any drone demonstration project under the FFC must comply with current regulation, and the outputs of all FFC projects will then be used to inform detailed policy and further regulation. The guiding input principles have been to develop the industry by bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders such as local authorities, technology innovators and end users such as the NHS. The projects have been designed to push regulatory boundaries to enable the industry to provide the resultant connectivity, economic and environmental benefits to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government is engaging with local authorities to discuss these new flight technologies. Many FFC projects include local authorities, and Project Skyway includes Oxfordshire County Council, Coventry Country Council and Reading Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL4803 HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 question first answered 23/01/2023 12:44:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1403734

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of weaponised unmanned aerial vehicles; and what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about the use of such weapons in the Occupied Territories.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Janke
	uin	HL5445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>We repeatedly call on Israel to abide by its obligations under international law and have an ongoing dialogue with Israel on legal issues relating to the occupation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/01/2022 16:24:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4337 label Biography information for Baroness Janke

1327248

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what countries UK Reaper drones have launched strikes in, without parliamentary approval, since 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Coaker
	uin	HL473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>On 21 August 2015 an RAF Reaper RPAS precision airstrike was conducted in Syria and Parliament were notified of this operation on 7 September 2015 by the then Prime Minister, David Cameron. This strike preceded the Parliamentary vote of 2 December 2015 which saw Parliament support a motion to extend the UK's support to the global-coalition's counter-Daesh operations into Syria. We will continue to ensure that Parliament is kept informed of significant major operations and deployments of the Armed Forces</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/06/2021 12:11:35 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1249795

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 30 July (HL7182), whether RAF drones used on operations outside of Operation Shader are being used in support of NATO operations or missions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL10122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>REAPER is an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. We do not comment on intelligence matters and I am therefore withholding the information as its disclosure would or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 18/11/2020 12:50:27 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

1227732

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 18 June (HL5486), whether it is their policy not to answer questions about the deployment of RAF Reaper drones; and if so, when this policy was agreed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL7182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>There is no policy to not answer questions about the deployment of RAF REAPER drones. However, there is a long standing policy not to comment on operational matters where the disclosure of information would increase the risk to intelligence and operational security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/07/2020 12:42:29 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

1227733

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made on the Zephyr High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite programme, following the reported mishaps in 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL7183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is sponsoring a High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) Operational Concept Demonstrator (OCD) utilising the Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) Zephyr platform to explore the utility of this cutting edge and novel technology.</p><p> </p><p>There are always setbacks when you push the boundaries of technology to explore future concepts. The unfortunate incidents in 2019 led to investigations being carried out by the relevant authorities and ADS have taken the findings and implemented improvements. ADS planned to demonstrate these improvements during the HAPS OCD this summer, but trials have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The MOD continue to work with Airbus to progress the OCD and to identify further opportunities for demonstration in order to fully explore the utility of HAPS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/08/2020 09:51:29 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern