Written Question·Home Office·UIN 34240
Hoaxes and False Alarms
Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase sanctions for people who make fake (a) bomb threats and (b) calls to the emergency services.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonMaking a bomb threat or other any other type of 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...
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