§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the most recent numbers of offences involving United Kingdom based foreign diplomats notified to the police involving (a) traffic offences and (b) other criminal offences; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarSo far this year we have been informed of 34 alleged serious offences by persons with immunity. 23 of these were traffic offences. (Serious in this context means offences falling into a category which could attract a penalty of six months imprisonment or more. These are substantially less than the figures for 1983 (60), 1984 (48) and 1985 (53).