§ The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Jack Straw)The figures recorded for the number of outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom during the year 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002 totalled 4,302 (£173,180.00). In April this year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all affected diplomatic missions and international organisations giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly. As a result payments totalling £52,200.00 were received, leaving a total of 3,021 (£120,980.00) unpaid fines for 2002. The attached table details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have 11 or more undisputed fines unpaid.
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Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No. of fines Outstanding Amount in £ United Arab Emirates 323 12,830.00 Libya 226 8,940.00 China 195 7,790.00 Egypt 97 3,790.00 France 81 3,290.00 Algeria 80 3,020.00 Ghana 72 2,870.00 Morocco 71 2,970.00 Ukraine 71 2,840.00 Oman 69 2,710.00 Russia 67 2,670.00 Greece 59 2,350.00 Turkey 59 2,480.00 Iran 56 2,190.00 Uganda 52 2,100.00 Senegal 51 2,040.00 Yemen 50 1,970.00 Hungary 48 1,960.00 Phillippines 44 1,760.00 Pakistan 42 1,690.00 Afghanistan 38 1,520.00 Mozambique 38 1,520.00 Vietnam 38 1,520.00 Mongolia 37 1,470.00 Kazakhstan 36 1,440.00 Tunisia 36 1,440.00 Qatar 34 1,170.00 Jordan 31 1,280.00 Sudan 31 1,220.00 Zambia 31 1,210.00 Ethiopia 30 1,180.00 Kenya 30 1,200.00 Cyprus 28 1,140.00 Malaysia 26 1,040.00 Poland 25 1.000.00 United States of America 23 920.00 Georgia 23 930.00 Romania 21 880.00 Brazil 20 790.00 Commonwealth Secretariat 19 780.00 Cote D'Ivoire 19 770.00 Azerbaijan 18 740.00 Indonesia 18 720.00 Panama 18 740.00 Lithuania 17 660.00
Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No. of fines Outstanding Amount in £ Uzbekistan 17 670.00 Finland 16 680.00 Japan 16 640.00 Bahrain 15 610.00 Belgium 14 580.00 Peru 13 520.00 Bangladesh 13 520.00 Nepal 13 520.00 Nicaragua 13 520.00 Thailand 13 520.00 Albania 12 480.00 Latvia 12 470.00 Kuwait 11 500.00 Germany 11 480.00 South Africa 11 430.00 Total 2,698 107,680.00