The MoD did block the number, their phone system however had a glitch which still allowed the calls in some cases. This is a bit of a political hoohaa engineered by the opposition to attack the Government on its Cuts Policy rather than a real issue at the MoD as it has been dealt with and as the MoD itself had banned the practice some time ago, it is one which is a disciplinary issue within the MoD and not one of Governmental Institutional Waste as Labour would like the public to believe.