§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement about his Department's policy on unpaid parking fines incurred by members of diplomatic missions; and whether he will publish up-to-date figures held by his Department about the number of such fines incurred by individual diplomatic missions.
§ Mr. EggarThe improvements, mentioned in my replies of 15 November 1985 and 21 February 1986 to my hon. Friend following the stiffer measures which came into effect on I May 1985, have continued. Quarterly figures for the 12 month period ending 31 March 1986 are as follows. On the basis of the figures for the most recent quarter, the annual rate of illegal parking offences is now under 30,000 compared with over 108,000 in 1984. These figures represent good progress and demonstrate the Government's determination to honour the commitment in last year's White Paper on diplomatic privileges and immunities to
reduce very substantially the present level of illegal parking by diplomatic vehicles".They are also welcome evidence of co-operation by most of the Diplomatic Corps.
Certain missions have brought about spectacular reductions in their parking figures. Many others have reduced their figures substantially but some are still too high. Now that missions have had adequate time to make practical arrangements to comply with our regulations we intend to intensify our efforts to persuade those which have not yet fallen into line to do so. The Government remain determined that persistent offenders who do not pay their fines shall be withdrawn or transferred.
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1985 1st quarter 1985 2nd quarter 1985 3rd quarter 1985 4th quarter 1986 1st quarter Ecuador 58 49 25 12 7 Egypt 1,357 1,015 735 513 193 E1 Salvador 0 5 4 2 4 Ethiopia 88 44 25 27 35 Fiji 15 12 8 24 6 Finland 102 109 72 64 38 France 486 433 249 226 255 Gabon 50 51 51 43 26 Gambia 69 68 63 101 44 German Democratic Republic 130 112 49 38 100 Germany, Federal Republic of 31 27 35 39 41 Ghana 334 388 276 218 149 Greece 288 361 223 136 115 Grenada 0 1 0 1 0 Guyana 35 41 30 31 12 Haiti 0 0 2 0 0 Honduras 91 81 72 54 13 Hungary 397 290 135 133 37 Iceland 42 18 13 18 12 India 86 105 100 104 67 Indonesia 500 289 130 141 70 Iran 183 247 197 158 124 Iraq 498 692 439 335 231 Ireland, Republic of 221 149 53 47 89 Israel 50 64 32 48 53 Italy 633 347 212 189 143 Ivory Coast 101 157 118 56 43 Jamaica 375 164 92 40 23 Japan 433 231 87 96 99 Jordan 597 537 478 322 164 Kenya 269 481 468 197 126 Korea 35 16 25 16 60 Kuwait 176 136 111 48 63 Lebanon 21 7 10 4 8 Lesotho 25 25 22 31 19 Liberia 24 39 35 27 6 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 Malawi 30 59 26 2 1 Malaysia 769 559 137 114 221 Malta, Republic of 58 69 31 76 21 Mauritius 27 32 22 14 16 Mexico 58 75 61 52 66 Mongolia 3 3 2 2 1 Morocco 203 232 95 80 117 Nepal 28 6 3 2 8 Netherlands 5 6 4 2 3 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 1 Nicaragua 21 17 10 13 5 Nigeria, Federal Republic of 1,070 549 458 399 361 Norway 21 19 16 18 9 Oman 220 178 122 54 132 Pakistan 533 305 170 99 122 Panama 51 46 38 17 7 Papua New Guinea 1 0 1 4 3 Paraguay 43 35 21 24 24 Peru 148 119 79 71 57 Philippines 77 101 73 100 26 Poland 519 486 133 92 129 Portugal 263 206 82 110 73 Qatar 249 87 0 61 174 Romania 104 86 59 63 49 Saudia Arabia 852 586 499 202 395 Senegal 69 118 31 13 11 Seychelles 3 2 4 5 6 Sierra Leone 76 103 110 77 34 Singapore 19 3 1 1 3 Somali, Democratic Republic of 62 25 6 10 9 South Africa, Republic of 2 4 3 6 3 Soviet Union 308 335 262 219 185 Spain 325 314 108 136 111 Sri Lanka 79 117 85 75 47 Sudan 479 333 257 194 236 Swaziland 2 7 1 1 5
1985 1st quarter 1985 2nd quarter 1985 3rd quarter 1985 4th quarter 1986 1st quarter Sweden 26 14 8 14 19 Switzerland 6 0 3 1 0 Syria, Arab Republic of 247 165 70 65 80 Tanzania 224 234 150 93 19 Thailand 365 279 173 147 83 Togo 22 5 14 23 34 Tonga 0 0 1 2 0 Trinidad and Tobago 36 39 26 23 11 Tunisia 99 91 49 46 52 Turkey 365 340 173 123 409 Uganda 522 319 125 135 96 United Arab Emirates 316 285 271 209 106 United States of America 47 65 28 34 18 Uruguay 84 87 84 58 29 Venezuela 117 117 69 87 53 Vietnam 0 3 3 2 1 Yemen Arab Republic 24 20 6 4 1 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 62 69 44 35 33 Yugoslavia 143 178 89 63 16 Zaire 69 59 46 12 9 Zambia 135 134 89 68 48 Zimbabwe 149 133 159 143 26 Apostolic Delegation 0 0 0 0 0 Commonwealth Secretariat 36 49 47 39 32 IMO 0 0 14 2 2 WEU 1 0 1 2 1 Cocoa 0 1 0 1 1 United Nations 0 1 1 0 1 EEC 2 1 1 1 1 Coffee 2 0 2 0 0 Inmasat 1 0 1 0 0 Sugar 2 0 0 0 0 Total 21,962 18,114 11,407 8,647 7,276