Petition · past parliament

Make it a criminal offence to call a number on the Telephone Preference Service.

Closed 30 signatures

What the petition asks

Call centres and Sales companies phone numbers without checking if the person being called have requested no calls. If it is made a criminal offence then these callers will be given the incentive to check before calling.

Timeline

1 Sep 2015 Petition opened for signatures
1 Mar 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 30
Status Closed
Opened 1 Sep 2015
Closed 1 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.