PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Police: Emergency Calls (10 March 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 999 calls and (b) 999 calls to report incidents of domestic violence were made to the police in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour)
Asked by:
Seema Malhotra (Labour)
Answer
The table provided contains the available data on the number of 999 calls received by police forces in England and Wales from 2009/10 to 2013/14.
| Number of 999 calls received by police forces in England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2013/141, 2 | |||||
| 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |
| Number of 999 calls received | 8,789,070 | 9,166,679 | 9,033,120 | 8,407,084 | 7,836,530 |
| 1. Figures on 999 calls received by each police force area are published in the Value for Money Profiles produced by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (http://www.hmic.gov.uk/programmes/value-for-money/value-for-money-profiles). | |||||
| 2. The figure for 2009/10 excludes West Midlands, the figure for 2011/12 excludes Dyfed-Powys and the figure for 2013/14 excludes Greater Manchester. These forces were unable to supply data at time of submission. | |||||
The Home Office does not collect information on the reasons for these 999 calls.
Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
16 March 2015
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