Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving unmanned drones and aircraft in the proximity of UK airports have been reported in each month in each of the last five years.

The following table show the number of incidents involving unmanned drones that have been reported by pilots, air traffic control and the general public for each month since 2015. There is no specific data relating to incidents in the proximity of UK airports and very low levels of reporting prior to 2015. These figures should be viewed with the following caveats:

• The numbers also include possible drone events in the UK where there is insufficient time to positively identify if an ‘object’ was definitely a drone.
• Lag in process reporting could result in re-categorisation of incidents, which could have an impact on the numbers.