United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7202
Emergency Calls: Hoaxes and False Alarms
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4 October 2024
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14 October 2024 · Answer
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14 October 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of hoax calls to emergency services.
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4 October 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of hoax calls to emergency services.
Source: Commons
14 October 2024
Answer
Making a hoax phone call to the police is a criminal offence. All calls to the Police are recorded and the number can be traced, even if withheld. Local forces regularly remind the public of the serious consequences of wasting police time.Emergency servic...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-04/7202
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1731272
- uk · wq-1731272 · source updated 14 October 2024