§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglar alarm calls were attended to by the Metropolitan police in each police district in each year since 1979–80; and how many such calls turned out to be false alarms.
§ Mr. HurdI understand that figures are not available separately for each Metropolitan police district, nor for alarms signalled by bells only. Figures that are available relate to alarms whose signals go to the police direct, or via central stations maintained by alarm companies. The total number of calls from these alarms attended to by the Metropolitan police, and the number that turned out to be false, are as follows:
Total calls False calls 1979 177,370 174,636 1980 177,919 175,610 1981 182,941 179,698 1982 186,123 182,870 1983 196,190 193,470