§ Mr. StevensTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish up-to-date figures recording the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in the first six months of the current year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the table, which also includes those international organisations which have incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payment.
The total of 4,292 for the first six months of 1989 indicates a 26 per cent. reduction over the same period of 1988. It compares with nearly 67,000 in the first six months of 1984 before publication of the 1985 White Paper (Cmnd. 9497). We welcome this further reduction in unpaid parking fines and appreciate the co-operation of diplomatic missions since the introduction of the parking policy. We shall continue to monitor carefully the level of unpaid fines and bring pressure to bear on diplomatic missions to reduce this still further.
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Unpaid Parking Fines Diplomatic mission January to June 1989 January to June 1988 Soviet Union 335 324 Saudi Arabia 251 157 Côte d'Ivoire 195 146 Sudan 190 190 Cameroon 173 154 Egypt 132 368 Greece 126 141 Pakistan 120 120 United Arab Emirates 113 165 Spain 109 158 Qatar 102 104 Korea 99 78 Poland 99 213
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Diplomatic mission January to June 1989 January to June 1988 Bulgaria 94 47 German (Federal Republic) 82 66 Israel 81 116 Malaysia 81 138 Thailand 72 93 Morocco 71 100 Iraq 67 173 France 64 69 Portugal 63 62 Brunei 62 130 Turkey 62 123 Ghana 53 52 Kuwait 52 11 Cyprus 46 32 Brazil 43 42 Germany (Democratic Republic) 42 56 Bangladesh 41 40 Gambia 40 28 Tanzania 40 51 India 38 40 China 36 130 Algeria 35 57 Jordan 35 85 Norway 35 36 Venezuela 32 57 Canada 32 33 Yugoslavia 31 49 Angola 29 13 Belgium 29 25 Japan 29 84 Tunisia 29 113 Uruguay 29 21 Barbados 28 28 Finland 27 38 Nicaragua 26 10 Oman 25 19 Sierra Leone 23 101 Sweden 22 38 Hungary 21 22 Mauritius 21 16 Cuba 20 23 Ethiopia 20 49 PDRY 20 26 Czechoslovakia 19 16 Ireland 19 21 Burma 16 21 Romania 16 30 Yemen AR 16 13 Liberia 15 26 Italy 14 53 Zaire 14 82 Zambia 14 24 Fiji 13 20 Jamaica 13 29 Guyana 11 16 Senegal 11 39 Somalia 11 17 Trinidad 10 7 Ecuador 9 27 Lebanon 9 23 Philippines 9 9 Mexico 8 12 Mongolia 8 2 Nigeria 8 67 Paraguay 8 14 Uganda 8 10 Austria 7 6 Chile 7 7 Iran 7 24 Kenya 7 36 Honduras 6 7 Zimbabwe 6 20 Gabon 5 16 Iceland 5 11 Lesotho 5 9 Malawi 5 17
Diplomatic mission January to June 1989 January to June 1988 Peru 5 59 Seychelles 5 8 United States of America 5 15 Bahrain 4 2 Guatemala 4 5 Nepal 4 5 Panama 4 7 Denmark 3 1 Indonesia 3 18 Vietnam 3 2 Bolivia 2 1 Botswana 2 7 Dominica 2 3 Netherlands 2 6 Singapore 2 0 Switzerland 2 3 Togo 2 4 Australia 1 2 Colombia 1 8 Luxembourg 1 3 Malta 1 0 Mozambique 1 0 Papua New Guinea 1 0 Sri Lanka 1 6 Swaziland 1 0 Afghanistan 0 6 Antigua and Barbuda 0 9 Bahamas 0 2 Belize 0 0 Costa Rica 0 3 Eastern Caribbean States 0 2 El Salvador 0 1 Grenada 0 0 Holy See 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 South Africa 0 1 Tonga 0 0 International organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 10 15 Cocoa 3 9 IMO 3 2 Inmarsat 3 0 WEU 0 32 UN 0 0 EEC 0 0 Coffee 0 0 Sugar 0 0 Totals 4,292 5,838