FOI 4334-25 Drone Training Costs Since 2021

Request to Northamptonshire Police

Question 1 - Please disclose - since January 1 2021 - how much money has been spent on drone training.

Question 2 - Please provide an annual breakdown of that sum (January 1 through to December 31) for each year.

Question 3 - If the training was carried out by an external provider, please disclose the name of the provider for each individual session.

Response

Question 1
Total amount Northamptonshire Police has spent on drone training since 1st January 2021 - £51 499.

Question 2
2021 – £0
2022 – £8,000
2023 – £23,000
2024 – £20,499
2025 – £0

Question 3
2022 – Sky Futures
2023 – Norfolk Drone Training Academy
2024 – Norfolk Drone Training Academy (£19,000) and Heliguy (£1,499)

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason, responses between forces may differ and should not be used for comparative purposes.

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