§ Ms CoffeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the number of outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions during the year ended 31 December 2001. [70291]
§ Mr. MacshaneAt the end of 2001, unpaid fines in respect of parking and other minor traffic violations incurred by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom totalled 5,842 (£276,410.00). In April this year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all affected Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations giving them the opportunity either to pay their outstanding fines or to appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly. As a result payments totalling £62,931.00 were received, leaving a total of 4,485 (£213,479.00) unpaid fines for 2001. The attached table details those Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations that have more than 10 undisputed fines unpaid.
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Unpaid parking and minor traffic violation fines—2001— diplomatic vehicles Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No. of fines outstanding Amount in £ Angola 1088 44,470.00 United Arab Emirates 287 14,150.00 Libya 222 10,710.00 China 156 6,400.00 Egypt 151 7,030.00 Mozambique 147 5,940.00 Iran 140 8,250.00 Ukraine 140 7,949.00 Qatar 122 5,790.00 Greece 111 5,650.00 Ghana 96 4,090.00 France 95 5,330.00 Turkey 87 4,980.00 Algeria 69 3,840.00 Morocco 68 3,830.00 Zambia 64 3,710.00 Russia 51 2,800.00 Ethiopia 47 1,990.00 Jamaica 43 2,670.00 Jordan 42 2,480.00 International Maritime Organisation 40 2,000.00 Vietnam 40 2,280.00 Cyprus 39 1,790.00 Mongolia 39 2,630.00 Georgia 38 2,250.00 Brunei 37 1,540.00 Kazakhstan 37 2,180.00 Philippines 37 2,000.00 Albania 35 1,430.00 Afghanistan 34 1,940.00 Hungary 32 1,390.00 Poland 31 1,250.00 Bahrain 30 1,650.00 Malaysia 30 1,360.00 Yemen 30 1,410.00 Pakistan 29 1,680.00 Peru 29 1,680.00 United States of America 27 1,010.00 Cuba 26 950.00 Oman 26 3,010.00 Portugal 25 3,550.00 Dominican Republic 23 1,390.00 Romania 22 1.140.00 Rwanda 20 850.00 Tunisia 20 1.200.00 Uganda 20 840.00 Kenya 19 730.00 Sierra Leone 19 2,120.00 Commonwealth Secretariat 18 1,400.00 Kuwait 16 6,810.00 Sudan 16 760.00 Cote D'Ivoire 15 1,810.00 Barbados 15 600.00 Belgium 15 780.00 Brazil 14 950.00 Zimbabwe 14 560.00 Mexico 13 1,210.00 Spain 13 1,050.00 Germany 12 540.00 Bulgaria 11 670.00 Gabon 11 780 Uzbekistan 11 470.00 Total 4254 217,699