Petition · past parliament

Make calls to the Police non-emergency number 101 free.

Closed 48 signatures

What the petition asks

Calls to 999 are free, but often these are not urgent. Calls to the NHS 111 are free. The public are encouraged (quite rightly) to report crimes, but are discouraged by the cost. If the Police want the public to report more crimes, and to reduce non-urgent 999 calls, 101 should be a free service.

Timeline

21 Aug 2018 Petition opened for signatures
21 Feb 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 48
Status Closed
Opened 21 Aug 2018
Closed 21 Feb 2019

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