The following phone numbers have been reserved across European Union countries for three purposes, to make it easier for parents and children to call for help quickly and free of charge: 116 000 for missing children hotlines; 116 111 for child helplines; and 116 123 for emotional support helplines. Like 0800 numbers, calls to these three phone numbers will be free of charge in the UK from fixed line phones and public phone boxes. However, unlike 0800 phone numbers, calls to these three 116 phone numbers will also be free from mobile phones. When will the new phone numbers start working? Ofcom, advised by independent panels set up by the government, will choose suitable organisations to allocate these numbers to. Ofcom expects the numbers to be allocated to organisations by the end of this summer and in use early next year. The missing child hotline and child helpline numbers are already up and running in several European Union countries, including Hungary and Portugal.