§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish up-to-date figures recording the number of unpaid parking 701W fines incurred by each diplomatic mission first six months of the current year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the table. The table also includes those international organisations which incurred unpaid fines. The figures maybe reduced by late payments.
The total of 3,842 for the first six months of 1990 represents a 10 per cent. reduction from the figure of 4,292 for the same period in 1989. It compares with nearly 67,000 in the first six months of 1984 before publication of the 1985 White Paper. We welcome this further reduction in unpaid parking fines that has been achieved during 1989 and appreciate the co-operation of diplomatic missions since the introduction of the parking policy. We shall continue to monitor carefully the level of unpaid fines and bring pressure to bear on diplomatic missions to reduce this still further.
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Unpaid parking fines Diplomatic mission January-June 1990 January-June 1989 Poland 344 99 Saudi Arabia 176 251 Soviet Union 171 335 Egypt 133 132 Pakistan 120 120 Qatar 111 102 Sudan 110 190 Cote d'Ivoire 105 195 United Arab Emirates 104 113 Kuwait 100 52 Cameroon 96 173 Morocco 87 71 Iraq 77 67 India 74 38 Korea 74 99 Greece 70 126 Yugoslavia 70 31 Zambia 68 14 Thailand 67 72 Malaysia 65 81 Israel 62 81 Spain 61 109 Cyprus 60 46 Hungary 58 21 China 57 36 Angola 55 29 Jordan 55 35 France 53 64 Bulgaria 52 94 Turkey 49 62 Brunei 47 62 German (Federal Republic) 41 82 Portugal 34 63 Oman 31 25 Romania 31 16 Sierra Leone 30 23 German (Democratic Republic) 29 42 Nigeria 29 8 Bangladesh 27 41 Brazil 27 43 Canada 27 32 Barbados 25 28 Jamaica 25 13 Seychelles 25 5 Gambia 24 40 PDR Yemen 23 20 Algeria 21 35 Italy 21 14 Ghana 20 53 Zimbabwe 20 6 Philippines 19 9 Japan 18 29 703W
Diplomatic mission January-June 1990 January-June 1989 Liberia 18 15 Uruguay 18 29 Czechoslovakia 16 19 Indonesia 16 3 Cuba 14 20 Gabon 13 5 Mauritius 13 21 Tunisia 13 29 Ethiopia 12 20 Kenya 12 7 Vietnam 12 3 Yemen AR 12 16 Zaire 12 14 Belgium 11 29 Guyana 11 11 Nicaragua 11 26 Chile 10 7 Austria 9 7 Finland 9 27 Guatemala 9 4 Honduras 9 6 Norway 9 35 Somalia 9 11 Iceland 8 5 Lesotho 8 5 Mongolia 8 8 Senegal 8 11 United States 8 5 Bahrain 7 4 Ecuador 7 9 Myammar 7 16 Paraguay 7 8 Venezuela 7 32 Ireland 6 19 Togo 5 2 Malawi 5 5 Uganda 5 8 Lebanon 5 9 Trinidad 5 10 Tanzania 5 40 Australia 4 1 Dominica 4 2 Singapore 4 2 Sri Lanka 4 1 Botswana 3 2 Luxembourg 3 1 Mexico 3 8 Netherlands 3 2 Afghanistan 2 0 Benin 2 0 Bolivia 2 2 Denmark 2 3 Eastern Caribbean States 2 0 Panama 2 4 Sweden 2 22 Nepal 4 Peru 1 5 South Africa 1 0 Swaziland 1 1 Tonga 1 0 Antigua 0 0 Argentina 0 0 Bahamas 0 0 Belize 0 0 Colombia 0 1 Costa Rica 0 0 El Salvador 0 0 Fiji 0 13 Grenada 0 0 Iran 0 7 Malta 0 1 Mozambique 0 1 New Zealand 0 0 Papua New Guinea 0 1 Switzerland 0 2
Diplomatic mission January-June 1990 January-June 1989 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS Commonwealth Secretariat 24 10 Cocoa 3 3 Coffee 1 0 IMO 0 3 EC 0 0 UN 0 0 WEU 0 0 Sugar 0 0 INMARSAT 0 3 Totals 3,842 4,292