HC Deb 21 February 1986 vol 92 cc371-4W
Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will publish up-to-date figures held by his Department as to unpaid parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions.

Mr. Eggar

The improvement to which I referred in my answer of 15 November to my hon. Friend has continued. The figures below for the final quarter 1985 indicate that the annual rate of fixed penalty notices cancelled on grounds of diplomatic immunity was by then running at only 34 per cent. of that for 1984. We welcome the co-operation of the diplomatic corps in bringing about this significant fall and are determined to see a further improvement.

Organisation Country 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Afghanistan 3 7 3 7
Algeria 285 299 254 139
Antigua & Barbuda 0 0 0 0
Australia 0 0 0 0
Austria 18 14 10 6
Bahamas 5 4 3 1
Bahrain 166 167 174 114
Bangladesh 71 70 48 53
Barbados 58 68 38 39
Belgium 12 17 20 17
Bolivia 15 2 0 2
Botswana 2 2 9 2
Brazil 1,025 499 20 33
Brunei 29 53 48 33
Bulgaria 579 647 389 317
Burma 91 95 91 29
Cameroon 268 268 297 119
Canada 67 45 69 51
Chile 131 107 73 39
China 149 263 203 148
Colombia 92 68 22 17
Costa Rica 146 155 128 74
Cuba 473 408 129 8
Cyprus 532 178 35 37
Czechoslovakia 60 34 24 20
Denmark 0 1 0 0
Eastern Caribbean States 6 1 5 7
Ecuador 58 55 31 31
Egypt 1,357 1,022 747 519
El Salvador 0 5 4 2
Ethiopia 88 58 55 37
Fiji 15 12 8 24
Finland 102 109 72 64
France 486 438 253 239
Gabon 50 72 82 95
Gambia 69 68 63 101
German Democratic Republic 130 112 49 38
Germany, Federal Republic of 31 27 35 39
Ghana 334 388 276 237
Greece 288 369 238 144
Grenada 0 1 0 1
Guyana 35 41 30 31
Haiti 0 0 2 0
Honduras 91 81 72 54
Organisation Country 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Hungary 397 290 135 133
Iceland 42 18 13 18
India 86 105 100 104
Indonesia 500 295 134 152
Iran 183 247 197 158
Iraq 498 692 439 335
Ireland, Republic of 221 149 53 47
Israel 50 64 32 48
Italy 633 347 212 190
Ivory Coast 101 157 118 56
Jamaica 375 164 92 40
Japan 433 231 87 96
Jordan 597 537 478 322
Kenya 269 481 468 197
Korea 35 16 25 16
Kuwait 176 136 111 48
Lebanon 21 7 10 4
Lesotho 25 33 24 31
Liberia 24 39 35 27
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0
Malawi 30 59 26 2
Malaysia 769 572 175 123
Malta, Republic of 58 79 31 76
Mauritius 27 32 22 14
Mexico 58 81 66 61
Mongolia 3 3 2 2
Morocco 203 232 95 80
Nepal 28 6 3 2
Netherlands 5 6 4 2
New Zealand 0 0 0 0
Nicaragua 21 17 10 13
Nigeria, Federal Republic of 1,070 549 495 631
Norway 21 19 16 18
Oman 220 187 124 62
Pakistan 533 305 170 99
Panama 51 46 38 17
Papua New Guinea 1 0 1 4
Paraguay 43 35 21 24
Peru 148 119 79 71
Philippines 77 124 119 101
Poland 519 486 125 85
Portugal 263 206 82 110
Qatar 249 87 0 78
Romania 104 86 59 63
Saudi Arabia 852 636 538 240
Senegal 69 118 31 13
Seychelles 3 2 4 5
Sierra Leone 76 111 125 84
Singapore 19 3 1 1
Somali, Democratic Republic of 62 25 6 10
South Africa, Republic of 2 4 3 6
Soviet Union 308 335 262 219
Spain 325 314 108 136
Sri Lanka 79 117 85 75
Sudan 479 396 342 239
Swaziland 2 7 1 1
Sweden 26 14 8 14
Switzerland 6 0 3 4
Syria, Arab Republic of 247 179 117 88
Tanzania 224 234 150 93
Thailand 365 288 182 153
Togo 22 5 14 23
Tonga 0 0 1 2
Trinidad & Tobago 36 39 26 23
Tunisia 99 91 49 46
Turkey 365 354 201 108
Uganda 521 319 125 135
United Arab Emirates 316 286 273 210
United States of America 47 65 28 34
Organisation Country 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
Uruguay 84 87 84 58
Venezuela 117 130 80 95
Vietnam 0 3 3 2
Yemen Arab Republic 24 20 6 4
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 62 84 69 50
Yugoslavia 143 178 89 63
Zaire 69 66 59 19
Zambia 135 134 89 68
Zimbabwe 149 133 159 143
Apostolic Delegation 0 0 0 0
C'wealth Secretariat 36 49 47 39
IMO 0 0 14 2
WEU 1 0 1 2
Cocoa 0 1 0 1
United Nations 0 1 1 0
EEC 2 1 1 1
Coffee 2 0 2 0
INMARSAT 1 0 1 0
Sugar 2 0 0 0
Totals (61,724) 21,961 18,503 12,023 9,237

Note: Some of these figures are likely to be reduced by late payments.