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Reply #15 - Oct 29th, 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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Reply #16 - Nov 12th, 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 13th, 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 10th, 2019 at 12:54pm
 

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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Reply #19 - May 10th, 2019 at 1:02pm
 
About time, it makes no sense for 111 and 105 to be free, but not 101.
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Reply #24 - May 28th, 2019 at 7:30am
 
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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Reply #25 - May 28th, 2019 at 3:07pm
 

The latest Fair Telecoms Campaign news release ...

http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/docs.html?101axe

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Reply #26 - Oct 29th, 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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