HC Deb 30 July 1982 vol 28 cc775-7W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the fixed penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity during the 12 months ended 30 June 1982, how many and what percentage were cancelled in respect of each of the diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James.

Mr. Mayhew

The following table, compiled from provisional figures made available by the Metropolitan Police, gives particulars of the total number of fixed penalty tickets cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity during the 12 months ending on 31 May 1982 (which is the latest period for which figures are available) and the percentage relating to each mission.

Fixed penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity (Metropolitan Police district)
Country/Organisation June 1981 to May 1982 Per cent.
Afghanistan 12 0.02
Algeria 533 0.72
Argentina 398 0.54
Australia 26 0.04
Austria 253 0.34
Bahamas 4 0.01
Bahrain 215 0.29
Bangladesh 251 0.34
Barbados 376 0.51
Belgium 277 0.38
Bolivia 200 0.27
Botswana 51 0.07
Brazil 1,580 2.14
Bulgaria 1,933 2.62
Burma 97 0.13
Cameroon 730 0.99
Canada 120 0.16
Chile 181 0.25
China 256 0.35
Colombia 472 0.64
Costa Rica 79 0.11
Cuba 1,272 1.72
Cyprus 1,709 2.32
Czechoslovakia 304 0.41
Denmark 44 0.06
Dominican Republic 187 0.25
Commonwealth of Dominica 9 0.01
Ecuador 168 0.23
Egypt 3,987 5.41
E1 Salvador 65 0.09
Ethiopia 302 0.41
Fiji 21 0.03
Finland 947 1.28
France 947 1.28
Gabon 318 0.43
Gambia 280 0.38
German Democratic Republic 185 0.25
German Federal Republic 274 0.37
St. Vincent, St. Lucia and the Grenadines 1
Ghana 1,836 2.49
Greece 815 1.11
Grenada 29 0.04
Guyana 207 0.28
Haiti 8 0.01
Holy See 4 0.01
Honduras 71 0.10
Iceland 42 0.06
India 1,528 2.07
Indonesia 1,279 1.74
Iran 311 0.42
Iraq 2,390 3.24
Ireland (Republic) 329 0.45
Israel 325 0.44
Italy 1,383 1.88
Ivory Coast 436 0.59
Jamaica 816 1.11
Japan 605 0.82
Jordan 1,609 2.18
Kenya 853 1.16
Korea 670 0.91
Kuwait 1,097 1.49
Laos 7 0.01
Lebanon 219 0.30
Lesotho 49 0.07
Liberia 97 0.13
Libya 2,697 3.66
Luxembourg 14 0.02
Malawi 26 0.04
Malaysia 1,161 1.58
Malta 431 0.58
Mauritius 283 0.38
Mexico 540 0.73
Mongolia 9 0.01

Country/Organisation June 1981 to May 1982 Per cent.
Morocco 519 0.70
Nepal 49 0.07
Netherlands 63 0.09
New Zealand 11 0.01
Nicaragua 64 0.09
Nigeria 6,827 9.26
Norway 78 0.11
Oman 597 0.81
Pakistan 1,029 1.40
Panama 588 0.81
Papua New Guinea 47 0.06
Paraguay 232 0.31
Peru 454 0.62
Philippines 265 0.36
Poland 872 1.18
Portugal 713 0.97
Qatar 974 1.32
Romania 812 1.10
Saudi Arabia 3,241 4.40
Senegal 290 0.39
Sierra Leone 232 0.31
Singapore 119 0.16
Somali (Democratic Republic) 128 0.17
South Africa 56 0.08
Soviet Union 1,151 1.56
Spain 1,223 1.66
Sri Lanka 182 0.25
Sudan 1,005 1.36
Swaziland 78 0.11
Sweden 221 0.30
Switzerland 87 0.12
Syrian Arab Republic 487 0.66
Tanzania 942 1.28
Thailand 1,253 1.70
Togo 144 0.20
Tonga 6 0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 214 0.30
Tunisia 265 0.36
Turkey 768 1.04
Uganda 696 0.94
United Arab Emirates 1,051 1.43
United States of America 292 0.40
Uruguay 266 0.36
Venezuela 615 0.83
Vietnam 5 0.01
Yemen Arab Republic 239 0.32
Yemen People's Democratic Republic 182 0.25
Yugoslavia 845 1.15
Zaire 480 0.65
Zambia 939 1.27
Zimbabwe 355 0.48
Commonwealth Secretariat 154 0.21
Eastern Caribbean Commission 10 0.01
EEC Commission 1
International Coffee Organisation 6 0.01
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation 19 0.39
International Maritime Satellite Organisation 1
International Cocoa Organisation 12 0.02
Western European Union 17 0.02
United Nations 2
TOTAL 73,713