§ Mr. SutcliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many parking fines were incurred by diplomatic missions in London during 1996. [2029]
§ Mr. Tony LloydDuring 1996 the London diplomatic missions incurred a total of 1,676 unpaid parking fines, which is slightly more than the 1995 figure of 1,586. In February this year this department wrote to all diplomatic missions to give them an opportunity to pay off all outstanding parking tickets, or appeal to have the ticket cancelled. Since then payments totalling £48,640.00 have been received, compared with £11,600.00 in 1996. The table below shows only missions which have 11 or more fines outstanding.
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Unpaid parking fines 1996 1995 Diplomatic mission 1 Malaysia 71 32 2 Bangladesh 62 19 3 Pakistan 61 22 4 Thailand 50 20 5 Egypt 49 20 6 Ghana 47 66 7 Turkey 45 17 8 Cameroon 44 13 9 India 43 83 10 Qatar 42 20 11 Hungary 40 11 11 Cuba 40 6 13 Philippines 39 31 13 Oman 39 22
Unpaid parking fines 1996 1995 15 Morocco 37 6 16 Jordan 36 16 17 Russian Federation 35 15 18 Kenya 34 15 19 Romania 33 27 19 Cyprus 33 16 19 Bahrain 33 5 22 Uganda 30 18 23 Zimbabwe 26 15 23 Portugal 26 4 25 League of Arab States 24 26 25 Azerbaijan 24 13 27 Tunisia 23 7 28 Algeria 21 19 29 Tanzania 20 14 29 Jamaica 20 7 31 Poland 18 12 31 France 18 11 31 Afghanistan 18 8 34 Mexico 16 4 35 Japan 15 9 35 El Salvador 15 1 37 Spain 14 8 37 Brunei 14 7 39 Greece 13 20 39 Peru 13 5 39 Armenia 13 2 42 Albania 12 14 42 Liberia 12 3 44 Mauritius 11 1 44 Belgium 11 0 1,340 710 International Organisations 1 Commonwealth Secretariat 20 16