Non-Geographic Numbers

1. Does your police force utilise in any form non-geographic telephone numbers (i.e. 0845, 0870, 0345 etc)?
2. If your force does operate one or more, please explain the justification for operating them.
3. If your force does not currently utilise one, has it in the past? If any have been withdrawn, what was the reason for withdrawing the service?
4. If your force currently utilises or has in the past utilised a non-geographic number, please detail the revenue earned by the force as a result of callers using the telephone number over the past five financial years.
5. Further to our earlier requests. If you currently operate any non-geographic telephone numbers, please provide us with the local, geographical telephone number the non-geographic numbers forward to.

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Question 1. Yes - 0845

Question 2. This information and or explanation is reasonably accessible to by other means and is therefore exempt information in accordance with section 21 of the Act. Pleas see the following web pages;

Cheshire Explanation

Question 3. Not applicable

Question 4. The use of 0845 was from January 2006 and income is as follows:

2005/2006 £465.

2006/2007 £1288.

2007/2008 £1336

2008/2009 £1528

Question 5. As with question 2.