§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sum remains unpaid from parking fines incurred by those with diplomatic immunity during the year 1977 and up to the month of June 1978; how much and what proportion is owed by each mission accredited to the Court of St. James: and how many cars carrying diplomatic immunity are operated by each mission.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe following table, compiled from provisional figures available from the Metropolitan Police, gives particulars of the total number of fixed
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"FIXED PENALTY" NOTICES CANCELLED ON GROUNDS OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY 1977 January to June 1978 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Afghanistan … … … 69 0.1 30 0.1 Algeria … … … 193 0.2 125 0.3 Argentine Republic … … … 1,231 1.3 537 1.2 Australia … … … 42 — 7 — Austria … … … 109 0.1 81 0.2 Bahamas … … … 6 — 3 — Bahrain … … … 353 0.4 221 0.5 Bangladesh … … … 427 0.5 161 0.4 Barbados … … … 396 0.4 186 0.4 Belgium … … … 242 0.3 111 0.2 Bolivia … … … 204 0.2 70 0.2 Botswana … … … 23 — 9 — Brazil … … … 1,043 1.1 568 1.2 Bulgaria … … … 2,238 2.4 1,277 2.8 Burma … … … 440 0.5 106 0.2 Cameroon … … … 582 0.6 353 0.8 Canada … … … 305 0.3 47 0.1 Chile … … … 353 0.4 109 0.2 China … … … 352 0.4 102 0.2 Colombia … … … 456 0.5 161 0.4 Costa Rica … … … 60 0.1 16 — Cuba … … … 1,828 1.9 883 1.9 Cyprus … … … 3,549 3.8 1,188 2.6 Czechoslovakia … … … 222 0.2 88 0.2 Denmark … … … 127 0.1 40 0.1 Dominican Republic … … … 123 0.1 129 0.3 Ecuador … … … 251 0.3 135 0.3 Egypt … … … 5,580 5.9 2,280 5.0 El Salvador … … … 252 0.3 178 0.4 Ethiopia … … … 163 0.2 111 0.2 Fiji … … … 10 — — — Finland … … … 719 0.8 356 0.8 France … … … 1,499 1.6 906 2.0 Gabon … … … 252 0.3 146 0.3 Gambia … … … 262 0.3 232 0.5 German Democratic Republic … … … 247 0.3 121 0.3 Germany, Federal Republic of … … … 323 0.3 191 0.4 Ghana … … … 2,509 2.7 1,032 2.3 Greece … … … 511 0.5 266 0.6 Grenada … … … 21 — 55 0.1 Guyana … … … 134 0.1 109 0.2 Haiti … … … 37 — 11 — Honduras … … … 165 0.2 78 0.7 Hungary … … … 1,235 1.3 719 1.6 Iceland … … … 35 — 14 — India … … … 707 0.7 248 0.5 penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity in 1977 and in the first 6 months of 1978 and the percentage relating to each mission.
There is no question of sums being owed in respect of cancelled notices since the cancellation of a penalty notice on grounds of diplomatic immunity necessarily involves the cancellation of any debt which would otherwise be due as a result of it.
I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs that the information requested concerning the number of cars operated by each diplomatic mission is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
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1977 January to June 1978 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Indonesia … … 2,416 2.6 857 1.9 Iran … … 3,252 3.4 1,567 3.4 Iraq … … 2,191 2.3 1,245 2.7 Ireland, Republic of … … 242 0.3 112 0.2 Israel … … 688 0.7 425 0.9 Italy … … 377 0.4 195 0.4 Ivory Coast … … 590 0.6 308 0.7 Jamaica … … 3,278 3.5 1,091 2.4 Japan … … 1,031 1.1 319 0.7 Jordan … … 2,075 2.2 1,383 3.0 Kenya … … 1,417 1.5 787 1.7 Korea … … 564 0.6 579 1.3 Kuwait … … 1,991 2.1 846 1.9 Laos … … 11 — 10 — Lebanon … … 236 0.2 21 — Lesotho … … 179 0.2 9 — Liberia … … 47 — 21 — Libya … … 2,242 2.4 1,189 2.6 Luxembourg … … 10 — 13 — Malawi … … 190 0.2 23 0.1 Malaysia … … 1,654 1.7 776 1.7 Malta, Republic of … … 425 0.4 304 0.7 Mauritius … … 224 0.2 143 0.3 Mexico … … 449 0.5 246 0.5 Mongolia … … 39 — 13 — Morocco … … 513 0.5 330 0.7 Nepal … … 50 0.1 30 0.1 Netherlands … … 17 — 7 — Nicaragua … … 106 0.1 30 0.1 Nigeria, Federal Republic of … … 8,661 9.2 3,914 8.6 Norway … … 96 0.1 41 0.1 Oman … … 451 0.5 198 0.4 Pakistan … … 1,994 2.1 1,049 2.3 Panama … … 682 0.7 381 0.8 Papua New Guinea … … 3 — 9 — Paraguay … … 250 0.3 103 0.2 Peru … … 746 0.8 388 0.9 Philippines … … 197 0.2 96 0.2 Poland … … 3,361 3.6 1,541 3.4 Portugal … … 660 0.7 451 1.0 Qatar … … 1,247 1.3 491 1.1 Romania … … 928 1.0 677 1.5 Saudi Arabia … … 3,140 3.3 1,460 3.2 Senegal … … 334 0.4 162 0.4 Seychelles … … 18 — 12 — Sierra Leone … … 944 1.0 549 1.2 Singapore … … 81 0.1 57 0.1 Somali Democratic Republic … … 140 0.1 96 0.2 South Africa, Republic of … … 31 — 6 — Soviet Union … … 1,101 1.2 651 1.4 Spain … … 614 0.6 432 0.9 Sri Lanka … … 466 0.5 226 0.5 Sudan … … 1,143 1.2 516 1.1 Swaziland … … 93 0.1 30 0.1 Sweden … … 126 0.1 43 0.1 Switzerland … … 17 — 15 — Syrian Arab Republic … … 727 0.8 359 0.8 Tanzania … … 563 0.6 251 0.6 Thailand … … 1,229 1.3 732 1.6 Tonga … … 2 — — — Trinidad and Tobago … … 269 0.3 98 0.2 Tunisia … … 374 0.4 268 0.6 Turkey … … 1,081 1.1 610 1.3 United Arab Emirates … … 603 0.6 300 0.7 United States of America … … 226 0.2 123 0.3 Uruguay … … 41 — 16 — Venezuela … … 1,035 1.1 480 1.1 Vietnam … … 6 — 3 — Yemen Arab Republic … … 207 0.2 118 0.3 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic … … 384 0.4 161 0.4 Yugoslavia … … 1,118 1.2 687 1.5 Zaire … … 610 0.6 184 0.4 Zambia … … 1,866 2.0 732 1.6
1977 January to June 1978 Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Commonwealth Secretariat 175 0.2 56 0.1 Eastern Caribbean Commission — — 7 — E.E.C. Commission 7 — 6 — International Cocoa Organisation 25 — 13 — International Coffee Organisation 24 — 67 0.1 Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation 19 — 9 — Western European Union 29 — 14 — United Nations 1 — 3 — TOTALS 94,534 45,566