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bazzerfewi Supreme Member Offline Baz Posts: 580 Barnsley Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #15 - Oct 29^th, 2015 at 8:53am I have made contact with the Police Library and i am awaiting their feedback, I will post any results.
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mesoangry Newbie Offline Posts: 1 Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #16 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 11:38pm 101 calls are fixed fee of 15p per call whereas the alternates vary but are all charged per minute. With waits on non emergency calls increasing, it may be better to pay the 101 fee. just saying.
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Reply #17 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 12:44am

Anyone with an unlimited allowance of calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers on their landline or mobile will want to call the alternative number rather than pay to call 101.

Anyone paying a 'per-minute' rate for calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers will probably prefer to call 101 and pay 15p per call irrespective of how long the call is.

Someone with a small inclusive allowance of calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers on their mobile phone may not want to use up a large portion of that allowance (thereby effectively spending several pounds for the call) and may prefer to instead call 101 at 15p per call.

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Reply #18 - May 10^th, 2019 at 11:54am

The information on the police website http://www.police.uk/contact/ no longer shows the list of alternative local numbers. It now shows 101 for all local police forces.

Given that those who have a pay-as-you-go phone with inclusive calls to landline and mobile numbers cannot make calls to chargeable or premium rate numbers without making an additional top-up this effectively blocks some users from calling the police. This has put pressure on the Home Office to make calls to 101 free-to-caller:

http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/we_support_calls_to_make...

http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/101_background.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/30/government-accused-profiting-vic...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/09/victims-crime-may-no-longer-have...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/05/10/101-calls-should-free-everyone/

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kasg Senior Member Offline Posts: 320 West Sussex Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #19 - May 10^th, 2019 at 12:02pm About time, it makes no sense for 111 and 105 to be free, but not 101.
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #20 - May 10^th, 2019 at 9:22pm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/10/six-million-people-escape-charge...
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #21 - May 14^th, 2019 at 9:34am http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/101_alternatives.pdf http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/making_101_free-to-calle...
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #22 - May 14^th, 2019 at 9:38am https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/13/half-public-back-free-101-calls-...
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Reply #23 - May 15^th, 2019 at 9:00am

After being under fire from the Daily Telegraph for the last few weeks, the Home Office is also under pressure from MPs:

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-04-11.244012.h

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-04-11.244013.h

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-01.249791.h

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-07.251216.h

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-07.251240.h

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-08.252110.h

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Reply #24 - May 28^th, 2019 at 6:30am

It took less than a month, but the Home Office has capitulated and announced that charges for calls to the police 101 number will be scrapped for all from April 2020.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48423791

The Fair Telecoms Campaign was one of several organisations pressing for this change.

http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/the_campaign_to_make_101...

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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #25 - May 28^th, 2019 at 2:07pm The latest Fair Telecoms Campaign news release ... http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/docs.html?101axe
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NGMsGhost Supreme Member Offline The Forum Ghost of NonGeographicalMan<b r /> Posts: 2,720 Surrey, United Kingdom Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #26 - Oct 29^th, 2020 at 7:30pm 101 calls to the Police finally became free of charge as of 1st April 2020. See the article at www.ukcorruptpolice.com/no-more-rip-off-101-calls-101-calls-free-from-1st-april-...
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