Emergency Services: Hoaxes and False Alarms

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to improve information sharing between emergency services on hoax callers.

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1. 5 November 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to improve information sharing between emergency services on hoax callers.

   Source: Commons

2. 14 November 2024

   Answer

   Making a hoax phone call to the emergency services is a criminal offence. All calls to the emergency services are recorded and the number can be traced, even if withheld. Local services regularly remind the public of the serious consequences of hoax calls...

   Source: Written answer

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