HC Deb 02 May 1974 vol 872 cc510-3W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the fixed penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity during the period of six months ended 30th September 1973 and 31 March 1974, respectively, how many and what percentage of the same were cancelled in respect of each of the diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James's.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

The following table, compiled from police records, gives the particulars requested in respect of individual diplomatic missions and international organisations:

Six months ended 30th September 1973 Six months ended 31st March 1974
Number of tickets cancelled Percentage of total Number of tickets cancelled Percentage of total
Botswana 2
Brazil 229 0.9 227 1
Bulgaria 311 1.2 425 1.8
Burma 69 0.3 72 0.3
Cameroon 234 0.9 142 0.6
Canada 137 0.5 105 0.4
Chile 171 0.6 54 0.2
China 18 0.1 38 0.2
Colombia 39 0.1 23 0.1
Costa Rica 69 0.3 25 0.1
Cuba 1,058 4 1,357 5.6
Cyprus 1,126 4.2 950 4
Czechoslovakia 81 0.3 82 0.3
Dahomey 1
Denmark 111 0.4 151 0.6
Dominican Republic 27 0.1 36 0.2
Ecuador 166 0.6 107 0.4
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 1,173 4.4 795 3.3
El Salvador 20 0.1 7
Ethiopia 146 0.5 147 0.6
Fiji 5 11 0.1
Finland 100 0.4 131 0.5
France 316 1.2 486 2
Gabon 37 0.1 33 0.1
The Gambia 51 0.2 165 0.7
Federal Republic of Germany 81 0.3 133 0.5
German Democratic Republic 8
Ghana 834 3.1 721 3
Greece 886 3.3 718 3
Guyana 132 0.5 178 0.7
Haiti 18 0.1 18 0.1
Honduras 130 0.5 74 0.3
Hungary 839 3.1 676 2.8
Iceland 6 3
India 320 1.2 248 1
Indonesia 343 1.3 289 1.2
Iran 841 3.1 940 3.9
Iraq 143 0.5 162 0.7
Republic of Ireland 86 0.3 72 0.3
Israel 361 1.3 364 1.5
Italy 128 0.5 104 0.4
Ivory Coast 182 0.7 158 0.7
Jamaica 599 2.2 308 1.3
Japan 35 0.1 56 0.2
Jordan 298 1.1 230 1.0
Kenya 201 0.7 118 0.5
Khmer Republic 9 17 0.1
Korea 685 2.5 592 2.4
Kuwait 555 2.1 362 1.5
Laos 6 12 0.1
Lebanon 53 0.2 19 0.1
Lesotho 4 14 0.1
Liberia 77 0.3 69 0.3
Libya 343 1.3 381 1.6
Luxembourg 11 12 0.1
Malagasy Republic 273 1.0 254 1.1
Malawi 190 0.7 85 0.4
Malaysia 555 2.1 617 2.6
Malta G.C. 103 0.4 97 0.4
Mauritius 42 0.2 55 0.2
Mexico 231 0.9 189 0.8
Monaco 1
Mongolia 13 0.1 17 0.1
Morocco 91 0.3 105 0.4
Nepal 5 4
Netherlands 4 10
Nicaragua 13 0.1 35 0.1
Federal Republic of Nigeria 1,581 5.9 1,265 5.2
Norway 46 0.2 27 0.1
Six months ended 30th September 1973 Six months ended 31st March 1974
Number of tickets cancelled Percentage of total Number of tickets cancelled Percentage of total
Oman 8 44 0.2
Pakistan 1,149 4.3 666 2.8
Panama 97 0.4 32 0.1
Paraguay 208 0.8 129 0.5
Peru 349 1.3 199 0.8
Philippines 28 0.1 37 0.2
Poland 498 1.9 443 1.8
Portugal 141 0.5 119 0.5
Qatar 52 0.2 120 0.5
Rumania 137 0.5 146 0.6
Ruanda 1
Saudi Arabia 1,482 5.5 895 3.7
Senegal 91 0.3 77 0.3
Sierra Leone 341 1.3 213 0.9
Singapore 23 0.1 9
Somali Democratic Republic 43 0.2 59 0.2
Republic of South Africa 1 1
Soviet Union 204 0.8 255 1.1
Spain 77 0.3 137 0.6
Republic of Sri Lanka 216 0.8 121 0.5
Sudan 165 0.6 104 0.4
Swaziland 15 0.1 12 0.1
Sweden 3 11 0.1
Switzerland 35 0.1 15 0.1
Syrian Arab Republic 5 25 0.1
Tanzania 149 0.6 132 0.5
Thailand 298 1.1 537 2.2
Tonga 1
Trinidad and Tobago 150 0.6 275 1.1
Tunisia 201 0.7 263 1.1
Turkey 527 2.0 637 2.6
Uganda 189 0.7 239 1.0
United Arab Emirates 59 0.2 74 0.3
United States of America 30 0.1 40 0.2
Uruguay 21 0.1 44 0.2
Venezuela 108 0.4 165 0.7
Republic of Vietnam 67 0.2 80 0.3
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 8 21 0.1
Yemen Arab Republic 154 0.6 110 0.5
Yugoslavia 820 3.0 590 2.4
Republic of Zaire 179 0.7 131 0.5
Zambia 391 1.5 381 1.6
Commonwealth Secretariat 44 0.2 31 0.1
EEC Commission 10 7
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation 33 0.1 3
Western European Union 11 13 0.1
International Coffee Organisation 39 0.1 36 0.1
Eastern Caribbean Commission 2
Total 26,903 24,185

Note:

The percentages are given to one decimal point. Where there is no entry the percentage of the total is negligible.