101call charges need removing or/& get phone companies to add to inclusive calls

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

101 non emergency calls are charged at 15p per minute. These calls should be FREE due to the reason for calls. Or if not FREE then phone companies should allow them to be included in line rentals inclusive minutes.

I recently tried ringing 101 from my mobile but had reached my non inclusive minutes. So was unable to ring the police to report youths on a roof of a derelict building. We get told to report incidents/issues to the police and to ring 101 for non emergency, so surely to get people to report these non emergency issues/incidents the call needs to be FREE &/or including in phone contract minutes!! Please sort this out

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

The Government have announced that they will be making 101 calls free of charge for all members of the public from April 2020. We aren't sure what further action you'd like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You can find out more here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-to-scrap-101-non-emergency-number-charges

Timeline

12 Aug 2019	Petition opened for signatures
19 Aug 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Aug 2019

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