§ Mr. CrausbyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hoax calls to(a) the emergency services and (b) the fire service there were in each of the last three years in (i) Bolton, (ii) the North West and (iii) the UK. [143247]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
The following information is available in relation to the fire service:
2000 12001 12002 Bolton 815 1,005 700 North West2 11,672 11,489 10,639 United Kingdom2 74,086 74,134 67,060 1 Provisional 2 Includes estimates for incidents not recorded in November 2002 during industrial action Information about the number of hoax calls received by the police and ambulance services is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.