§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish up-to-date figures indicating the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in the first six months of 1987; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the table. The table also includes those international organisations which have incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduces by late payment.
The total for the first six months of 1987 indicates a 20 per cent. reduction over the same period of 1986. I have written personally to the heads of the 10 missions with the most unpaid fines during the period in question. They are France, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Iraq, Quatar, United Arab Emirates, Soviet Union, Spain and Pakistan. These missions account for 38 per cent. of the total.
We welcome the further significant reduction in unpaid parking fines that has been achieved this year. We are looking for further reductions and hope for early results from the action I have taken with the top 10 offending missions
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Parking fixed penalty notices cancelled on the grounds of diplomatic immunity (metropolitan police district) Diplomatic Mission January to June 1987 January to June 1986 France 576 536 Saudi Arabia 542 522 Oman 436 160 Egypt 426 415 Iraq 401 400 Qatar 379 80 UAE 326 186 Soviet Union 271 356 Spain 271 262 Pakistan 251 221 China 245 426 Malaysia 201 420 Cote d'Ivoire 190 93 Italy 187 241 Morocco 186 236 Cameroon 184 313
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Diplomatic Mission January to June 1987 January to June 1986 Tunisia 177 105 Thailand 169 172 Iran 165 199 Sudan 165 418 Zimbabwe 156 68 Ghana 155 174 Jordan 155 254 Poland 150 249 Israel 134 99 Greece 132 135 Barbados 121 102 Portugal 119 148 India 104 139 Nigeria 103 627 Turkey 103 609 Kenya 99 0 Sierra Leone 99 58 Algeria 95 178 Brazil 94 68 Canada 94 79 German Democratic Republic 90 160 Korea 88 114 Japan 85 169 Peru 83 116 Brunei 79 76 Tanzania 79 42 Zaire 79 22 Federal Republic of Germany 74 74 Zambia 73 94 United States of America 62 42 Kuwait 61 104 Burma 59 52 Cyprus 55 48 Indonesia 55 124 Finland 52 106 Venezuela 52 154 Yugoslavia 51 41 Chile 50 60 Ethiopia 48 53 Gabon 47 57 Senegal 47 20 Uruguay 47 55 Ireland 46 131 Bangladesh 43 75 Liberia 42 14 Jamaica 41 36 Bulgaria 40 229 Hungary 38 66 Belgium 36 28 Uganda 36 144 Romania 35 70 Yemen AR 32 20 PDR Yemen 31 52 Lebanon 30 17 Mexico 30 100 Sweden 30 40 Philippines 29 77 Iceland 28 27 Norway 28 34 Paraguay 28 42 Fiji 23 10 Czechoslovakia 22 34 Somalia 21 42 Costa Rica 20 34 Guyana 17 17 Cuba 16 31 South Africa 16 8 Ecuador 15 28 Austria 13 15 Botswana 13 8 Colombia 13 11 Panama 13 10 Trinidad and Tobago 13 27 Mauritius 11 36 Togo 10 38 Afghanistan 6 3
Diplomatic Mission January to June 1987 January to June 1986 Bahamas 6 3 Eastern Caribbean 6 11 Nepal 6 18 Sri Lanka 6 79 Antigua and Barbuda 5 0 Honduras 5 15 Nicaragua 5 12 Angola 4 — Lesotho 4 33 Singapore 4 6 Switzerland 4 1 Bahrain 3 8 Bolivia 3 2 Malawi 3 5 Netherlands 3 5 Swaziland 3 11 Luxembourg 2 0 Seychelles 2 7 Vietnam 2 2 Dominica 1 1 Australia 0 0 Denmark 0 0 El Salvador 0 19 Gambia 0 76 Grenada 0 0 Guatemala 0 — Malta 0 33 Mongolia 0 2 New Zealand 0 0 Papua New Guinea 0 4 Tonga 0 0 Syria — 124 International Organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 65 69 WEU 6 4 IMO 5 5 Cocoa 1 1 Coffee 0 1 EEC 0 3 UN 0 1 TOTAL 10,096 12,646