§ Mr. Ron BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report, column 585, he will list the rate arrears for individual diplomatic properties; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarRates owed by missions on properties accepted by Her Majesty's Government as being in diplomatic use, and on which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are taking action with the missions concerned are:
£ Burkina 6,456.00 France 107,479.02 Costa Rica 758.37 Iran 12,123.47 Iraq 134,504.91 Laos 2,215.91 Libya 24,486.95 Morocco 15,100.40 Nigeria 9,242.97 Paraguay 2,680.11 Somalia 10,677.84 Sudan 113,800.00 Uganda 33,051.17 In certain cases the arrears are in dispute and under discussion between the mission and rating of Government property department.
The following amounts are owed by diplomatic missions on properties which are not accepted as being in diplomatic use on which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is similarly taking action:
£ Grenada 2,452.83 Iran 32,595.52 Libya 371,026.32 Nigeria 33,942.01