§ Mr Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, pursuant to the answer of 16 December, Official Report, columns 446–50, he will publish figures showing for each of the last five years, in alphabetical order by country, the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarDetails of the total number of fixed penalty notices cancelled on the ground of diplomatic immunity for the years 1981, 1982 and 1983 were given to my hon. 201W Friend by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Putney (Mr. Mellor), on 13 February 1985, at column 193. The table gives the details for the years 1984, 1985 and the first three quarters of 1986 (the latest figures available). These figures are based on information received up to 8 January 1987 and may be further reduced by late payments. We welcome the very significant downward trend and expect the holders of diplomatic immunity to continue it in the future.
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Fixed Penalty Notices Cancelled on Grounds of Diplomatic Immunity (Metropolitan Police District) Organisation/Country 1984 1985 19861 Afghanistan 11 20 10 Algeria 932 939 226 Antigua and Barbuda 17 0 0 Australia 2 0 0 Austria 51 46 23 Bahamas 21 13 5 Bahrain 644 621 8 Bangladesh 404 242 152 Barbados 319 203 194 Belgium 154 51 40 Bolivia 71 19 3 Botswana 62 15 14 Brazil 4,927 1,558 134 Brunei 86 163 110 Bulgaria 2,823 1,932 235 Burma 407 306 77 Cameroon 1,293 952 471 Canada 132 232 125 Chile 610 301 105 China 1,132 763 616 Colombia 553 197 20 Costa Rica 471 376 37 Cuba 2,147 1,018 39 Cyprus 2,698 782 70 Czechoslavakia 316 138 42 Denmark 1 1 1 Dominica, Commonwealth of 22 0 1 Dominican Republic 45 0 0 Eastern Caribbean State 28 19 13 Ecuador 304 144 47 Egypt 6,885 3,618 650 El Salvador 9 11 27 Ethiopia 530 184 65 Fiji 93 59 19 Finland 580 327 145 France 2,375 1,390 808 Gabon 345 195 104 Gambia 362 274 145 German Democratic Republic 198 329 199 Germany, Federal Republic of 226 132 99 Ghana 2,223 1,216 306 Greece 1,321 973 229 Grenada 5 2 0 Guyana 193 137 33 Haiti 0 2 1 Holy See 0 0 0 Honduras 142 298 19 Hungary 1,456 955 85 Iceland 154 91 33 India 512 395 211 Indonesia 2,232 1,056 182
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Organisation/Country 1984 1985 19861 Iran 894 785 253 Iraq 2,783 1,936 548 Ireland, Republic of 755 453 153 Israel 282 194 149 Italy 2,981 1,381 308 Ivory Coast 911 393 155 Jamaica 1,446 671 45 Japan 2,378 825 203 Jordan 2,595 1,809 344 Kenya 1,739 1,415 99 Korea 218 92 190 Kuwait 996 468 225 Lebanon 73 42 24 Lesotho 69 103 44 Liberia 177 113 22 Libya 764 — — Luxembourg 2 0 1 Malawi 119 117 7 Malaysia 2,440 1,579 552 Malta, Republic of 564 234 33 Mauritius 176 95 45 Mexico 467 230 127 Monaco 2 — — Mongolia 12 10 5 Morocco 1,248 610 315 Nepal 67 39 24 Netherlands 33 17 9 New Zealand 1 0 0 Nicaragua 27 61 17 Nigeria, Federal Republic of 5,920 2,476 719 Norway 91 74 49 Oman 1,155 574 401 Pakistan 2,249 1,107 329 Panama 329 152 17 Papua New Guinea 18 6 7 Paraguay 270 102 65 Peru 690 417 169 Philippines 466 351 103 Poland 2,463 1,230 315 Portugal 969 661 224 Qatar 1,727 397 552 Romania 484 312 82 Saudi Arabia 4,956 2,111 1,021 Senegal 555 231 24 Seychelles 17 14 9 Sierra Leone 437 302 105 Singapore 87 24 9 Somali Democratic Republic 325 103 77 South Africa, Republic of 25 15 12 Soviet Union 1,555 1,124 518 Spain 1,513 883 347 Sri Lanka 588 352 86 Sudan 2,635 1,281 491 Swaziland 21 11 14 Sweden 196 62 56 Switzerland 50 10 2 Syria Arab Republic 980 557 164 Tanzania 1,033 701 78 Thailand 1,637 957 254 Togo 99 64 54 Tonga 10 3 1 Trinidad and Tobago 164 124 48 Tunisia 355 285 153
Organisation/Country 1984 1985 19861 Turkey 1,263 1,001 827 Uganda 1,906 1,100 156 United Arab Emirates 1,693 1,081 366 United States of America 223 174 74 Uruguay 438 313 87 Venezuela 793 380 247 Vietnam 7 8 2 Yemen Arab Republic 226 54 26 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic 370 210 65 Yugoslavia 1,061 473 55 Zaire 257 186 55 Zambia 953 426 162 Zimbabwe 666 585 101 Commonwealth Secretariat 212 171 119 EEC Commission 7 5 3 International Cocoa Organisation 1 2 2 International Coffee Organisation 1 4 1 International Sugar Organisation 0 2 0 Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation 31 16 7 International Maritime Satellite Organisation 3 2 1 Western European Union 3 4 7 United Nations 6 2 1 TOTAL 108,932 59,639 18,994 11 January–30 September.