§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of anonymous telephone calls, or warnings, received daily, and monthly, and the total for the year, by the Metropolitan Police authorities, advising them of explosives or other devices hidden on or near premises; 254W whether there are any means by which to identify genuine calls from false warnings; and whether he will arrange for the publishing of such information in the Annual Report of the Commissioner for the Metropolis.
§ Mr. CarlisleIt would not be in the public interest to publish statistics relating to bomb threats. The great majority of such threats are hoaxes, but the police cannot ignore the possibility that they might be genuine.