§ Baroness McIntosh of Hudnallasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list the names of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom that owed more than £10,000 as at 30 June 2003 in respect of national non-domestic rates (NNDR) for office premises. [HL4235]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanMost diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom meet their obligations and pay the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) requested from them. However, as at 30 June 2003 the following missions owed over £10,000 in respect of NNDR:
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Country Amount Bulgaria £143,346.09 Iran £104,943.24 Algeria £47,022.74 Sierra Leone £43,320.65 Mozambique £32,301.67 Cameroon £30,109.53
Country Amount Uganda £27,801.89 Syria £24,750.48 Bangladesh £23,356.44 Zimbabwe £21,016.08 Zambia £19,276.56 Cote D'Ivoire £16,392.46 Malawi £12,606.03 Cuba £12,349.06 TOTAL £558,592.92 Eleven additional diplomatic missions which owe £10,000 or more in respect of national non-domestic rates have made arrangements with the Valuation Office Agency to clear their outstanding debts and have not been included in this list. The total amount outstanding from all missions, including these additional diplomatic missions, is approximately £960,394.45.