§ Lord Brougham and Vauxasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have up to date figures recording the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in London in the first six months of this year.
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (The Earl of Caithness)The information requested is given in the table. The table also includes those international organisations which incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payments.
The total of 3,000 for the first six months of 1991 represents a 22 per cent, reduction from the figure of 3,842 for the same period in 1990. 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 1991 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 to June 1991 January to June 1990 Saudi Arabia 194 176 Soviet Union 167 171 Kuwait 165 100 United Arab Emirates 140 104 Poland 115 344 Cameroon 110 96 Israel 92 62 Greece 80 70 Pakistan 78 120 Morocco 78 87 Thailand 77 67 China 74 57 Turkey 73 49 Korea 71 74 France 69 53 Jordan 62 55 Bulgaria 61 52 Ghana 59 20 Sudan 51 110 Nigeria 47 29 Egypt 44 133 Oman 42 31 Cote d'Ivoire 41 105 Zambia 38 68 Canada 35 27 Brazil 33 27 Portugal 33 34 Iraq, Interests section 32 77 Federal Republic of Germany 30 41 Cyprus 30 60 Barbados 27 25 Yugoslavia 27 70 Guyana 26 11 Brunei 25 47 Tanzania 25 5 India 24 74 Gambia 23 24 Hungary 22 58 9WA
Diplomatic mission January to June 1991 January to June 1990 Spain 22 61 Guatemala 22 9 Gabon 22 13 Bahrain 21 7 Romania 20 31 Italy 20 21 Zimbabwe 19 20 Sierra Leone 18 30 Tunisia 18 13 Bangladesh 18 27 Uruguay 17 18 Jamaica 15 25 Algeria 15 21 Yemen 14 12 Ethiopia 14 12 Finland 13 9 Chile 12 10 Honduras 12 9 Malaysia 11 65 Venezuela 10 7 Malawi 10 5 Myanmar 10 7 Zaire 10 12 Liberia 10 18 Vietnam 9 12 Iran 9 0 Togo 8 5 Panama 8 2 Cuba 8 14 Japan 7 18 Czechoslovakia 7 16 Trinidad 7 5 Peru 7 1 Bolivia 7 2 Austria 6 9 USA 6 8 Uganda 5 5 Somalia 5 9 Mongolia 5 8 Mauritius 5 13 Lesotho 5 8 Eastern Caribbean States 5 2 Sweden 4 2 South Africa 4 1 Seychelles 4 25 Paraguay 4 7 Lebanon 4 5 Belgium 4 11 Australia 3 4 Syria 3 0 Singapore 3 4 Norway 3 9 Luxembourg 3 3 Indonesia 3 16 Fiji 3 0 Argentina 2 0 Mozambique 2 0 Philippines 2 19 Papua New Guinea 2 0 Netherlands 2 3 Iceland 2 8 Bahamas 2 0 Mexico 2 3 Swaziland 1 1 Sri Lanka 1 4 Nepal 1 1 Malta 1 0 Ireland 1 6 Ecuador 1 7 Costa Rica 1 0 Qatar 0 111 Angola 0 55 Denmark 0 2 Senegal 0 8 Antigua 0 0 Tonga 0 1 Afghanistan 0 2
Diplomatic mission January to June 1991 January to June 1990 Switzerland 0 0 Botswana 0 3 Belize 0 0 Nicaragua 0 11 New Zealand 0 0 Kenya 0 12 Grenada 0 0 El Salvador 0 0 Dominica 0 4 Colombia 0 0 Benin 0 0 International Organisations Commonwealth Section 13 24 Cocoa 3 3 INMARSAT 1 0 IMO 1 0 EC 1 0 WEU 1 0 UN 0 0 Coffee 0 1 Sugar 0 0 3,000 3,842