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Emergency Calls: Hoaxes and False Alarms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for making hoax calls to the emergency services in each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
12 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for making hoax calls to the emergency services in each of the last five years.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted, including for ‘Improper use of public electronic communications network’ which will include hoax calls. This can be obtained by using HO offence code 19607 in the...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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