§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to the number of parking tickets evaded by diplomats in the Metropolitan police area in each of the last three years for which figures are available; if he will break down the figures by country in each case; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorMy hon. Friend was given the figures for 1983 and 1984 in reply to his earlier questions on illegal parking by diplomats on 13 February 1985 at columns193–95; and 10 July 1985 at columns 457–61. The available figures for 1985 were given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in his reply of 15 November 1985 to my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Mr. Wheeler) at columns 301–3. The figures for the final quarter of 1985 are not yet available, but the preliminary indications are that the improvement which followed the introduction of the new and stricter policy on 1 May continued in the last quarter of the year.