HL Deb 26 October 1987 vol 489 cc403-5WA
Lord Morris

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish up-to-date figures indicating the numbers of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in the first six months of 1987.

Lord Glenarthur

The information requested is given in the attached table. The table also includes those international organisations which have incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payment.

The total for the first six months of 1987 indicates a 20 per cent. reduction over the same period of 1986. My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has written personally to the Heads of the ten Missions with the most unpaid fines during the period in question. They are France, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the 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 taken with the top 10 offending Missions.

PARKING FIXED PENALTY NOTICES CANCELLED ON THE GROUNDS OF

DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY (METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT)

Jan.-June Jan.-June
Diplomatic Mission 1987 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
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
USA 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

Jan.-June Jan.-June
Diplomatic Mission 1987 1986
Iceland 28 27
Norway 28 34
Paraguay 28 42
Fiji 23 10
Czechoslovakia 22 34
Somalia 21 42
Costa Rica 20 34
Gyana 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
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
NewZealand 0 0
Papua New Guinea 0 4
Tonga 0 0
Syria 124

Jan.-June Jan.-June
International Organisations 1987 1986
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