§ Mr. Burtasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish up-to-date figures indicating in numerical order, the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in the last quarter for which figures are available; if he will publish, in alphabetical order by country, the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the tables. the tables also include those international organisations which have incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payments.
The annual total for 1986 (23,237) is only 21 per cent. of the total for 1984 (108,932). We welcome this very significant reduction, and expect it to continue in the future. We shall continue to take firm action against the worst offenders, and will also be writing to those few missions which showed a significant increase in the number of unpaid fines in 1986 over 1985.
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Fixed penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity (Metropolitan Police District) Organisation/Country 1985 1986 Afghanistan 20 14 Algeria 939 254 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 Australia 0 0 Austria 46 30 Bahamas 13 6 Bahrain 621 20 Bangladesh 242 200 Barbados 203 264 Belgium 51 55 Bolivia 19 5 Botswana 15 17 Brazil 1,558 184 Brunei 163 147 Bulgaria 1,932 253 Burma 306 93 Cameroon 952 586 Canada 232 153 Chile 301 118 China 763 815 Colombia 197 29 Costa Rica 376 40 Cote d'Ivoire 393 199 Cuba 1,018 59 Cyprus 782 90 Czechoslovakia 138 56 Denmark 1 3 Dominica 0 3 Eastern Caribbean 19 15 Ecuador 144 60 Egypt 3,618 810 E1 Salvador 11 28 Ethiopia 184 79 Fiji 59 35 Finland 327 201 France 1,390 1,039 Gabon 195 139 Gambia 274 152 German Democratic Republic 329 242 German Federal Republic 132 139 Ghana 1,216 370 Greece 973 323 Grenada 2 0 Guyana 137 42 Holy See 0 0 Honduras 298 21 Hungary 955 100 Iceland 91 48
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Organisation/Country 1985 1986 India 395 262 Indonesia 1,056 210 Iran 785 303 Iraq 1,936 687 Ireland 453 176 Israel 194 196 Italy 1,381 388 Jamaica 671 55 Japan 825 255 Jordan 1,809 405 Kenya 1,415 49 Korea 92 263 Kuwait 468 270 Lebanon 42 30 Lesotho 103 48 Liberia 113 35 Luxembourg 0 2 Malawi 117 12 Malaysia 1,579 700 Malta 234 34 Mauritius 95 55 Mexico 230 185 Mongolia 10 5 Morocco 610 399 Nepal 39 34 Netherlands 17 11 New Zealand 0 0 Nicaragua 61 22 Nigeria 2,476 730 Norway 74 73 Oman 562 387 Pakistan 1,107 401 Panama 152 24 Papua New Guinea 6 9 Paraguay 102 87 Peru 417 218 Philippines 351 123 Poland 1,230 381 Portugal 661 297 Qatar 397 318 Romania 312 98 Saudi Arabia 2,111 1,225 Senegal 231 32 Seychelles 14 12 Sierra Leone 302 158 Singapore 24 12 Somalia 103 92 South Africa 15 19 Soviet Union 1,124 633 Spain 883 455 Sri Lanka 352 88 Sudan 1,281 607 Swaziland 11 15 Sweden 62 67 Switzerland 10 2 Syria 557 195 Tanzania 701 102 Thailand 957 341 Togo 64 63 Tonga 3 1 Trinidad 124 49 Tunisia 285 187 Turkey 1,001 1,114 Uganda 1,100 179 UAE 1,081 484 USA 174 95 Uruguay 313 138 Venezuela 380 264 Vietnam 8 2 PDR Yemen 210 78 Yemen AR 54 40 Yugoslavia 473 74 Zaire 186 84 Zambia 426 193 Zimbabwe 585 166 Commonwealth Secretariat 171 169
Organisation/Country 1985 1986 IMO 16 8 WEU 4 12 COCOA 2 3 United Nations 2 1 EEC 5 3 COFFEE 4 1 INMARSAT 2 1 SUGAR 2 0 Total 59,625 23,237
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4th Quarter 1986 Number Saudi Arabia 338 Turkey 287 France 257 China 199 Oman 181 Egypt 160 Malaysia 148 Qatar 141 Iraq 139 United Arab Emirates 118 Sudan 116 Cameroon 115 Soviet Union 115 Spain 108 Greece 94 Thailand 87 Morocco 84 Italy 80 Korea 73 Portugal 73 Pakistan 72 Barbados 70 Nigeria 66 Poland 66 Zimbabwe 65 Ghana 64 Jordan 61 Mexico 58 Finland 56 Kuwait 54 Brazil 53 Sierra Leone 53 Japan 52 India 51 Uruguay 51 Iran 50 Kenya 49 Peru 49 Bangladesh 48 The Gambia 48 Israel 47 Cote d'Ivoire 44 German Democratic Republic 43 German Federal Republic 40 Gabon 35 Brunei 34 Tunisia 34 Venezuela 34 Syria 31 Zambia 31 Zaire 29 Algeria 29 Canada 28 Indonesia 28 Chile 24 Norway 24 Tanzania 24 Ireland 23 Uganda 23 Paraguay 22 United States of America 21 Cuba 20
Number Cyprus 20 Philippines 20 Yugoslavia 19 Bulgaria 18 Burma 16 Fiji 16 Romania 16 Belgium 15 Hungary 15 Iceland 15 Somalia 15 Czechoslovakia 14 Ethiopia 14 Yemen Arab Republic 14 Ecuador 13 Liberia 13 Pdry 13 Bahrain 12 Sweden 11 Jamaica 10 Mauritius 10 Nepal 10 Colombia 9 Guyana 9 Togo 9 Austria 8 Senegal 8 Trinidad 8 Panama 7 South Africa 7 Lebanon 6 Malawi 5 Nicaragua 5 Afghanistan 4 Lesotho 4 Botswana 3 Costa Rica 3 Denmark 3 Seychelles 3 Singapore 3 Sri Lanka 3 Bolivia 2 Dominica 2 Eastern Caribbean 2 Honduras 2 Netherlands 2 Papua New Guinea 2 Bahamas 1 E1 Salvador 1 Luxembourg 1 Malta 1 Swaziland 1 Switzerland 1 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Australia 0 Grenada 0 Holy See 0 Mongolia 0 New Zealand 0 Tonga 0 Vietnam 0 International Organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 50 WEU 5 IMO 1 COCOA 0 United Nations 0 EEC 0 COFFEE 0 INMARSAT 0 SUGAR 0 Total 5,216