Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12727
Emergency Services: Hoaxes and False Alarms
Tabled: 5 November 2024
Answered: 14 November 2024
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of hoax calls to the emergency services.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonMaking 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...
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