§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in London during 1989.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information is given in the table. The table also includes those international organisations which incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payment.
The total for 1989 (7,831) indicates a 22 per cent. reduction over the 1988 figure (10,079) and is only 7 per cent. of the 1984 figure (108,932 ), the last to be published before the introduction in May 1985 of the Government's policy on parking by members of diplomatic missions.
We welcome the further reduction in unpaid parking fines that has been achieved during 1989 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 1989 1988 Soviet Union 599 656 Saudi Arabia 287 357 Cote d' Ivoire 272 300 Cameroon 261 311 Egypt 261 668 Poland 244 340 Pakistan 243 228 Sudan 238 286 United Arab Emirates 231 122 Korea 216 175 Angola 197 36 Greece 195 259 Spain 177 310 Qatar 166 228 Israel 166 195 Bulgaria 152 88 Iraq 147 274 Germany (Federal Republic) 145 123 Malaysia 142 237 Morocco 135 182 Thailand 134 188 Brunei 118 281 Turkey 117 201 Kuwait 113 70 Portugal 106 109 Ghana 102 105 Cyprus 102 72 France 94 112 Algeria 90 88 China 83 167 India 79 79 Barbados 79 50 Bangladesh 77 77 Brazil 75 102 Canada 74 66 Germany (Democratic Republic) 68 91 Yugoslavia 65 88 Jordan 63 87 Gambia 60 28 Hungary 57 44 Japan 57 110 Sierra Leone 55 157
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1989 1988 Venezuela 55 105 Tanzania 53 58 Norway 52 72 Finland 51 59 Uruguay 48 38 Tunisia 46 158 Zambia 46 45 Oman 44 26 Ethiopia 43 80 Czechoslovakia 40 35 Ireland 39 43 Seychelles 39 9 Nigeria 37 44 Yemen Arab Republic 37 29 Liberia 36 61 Sweden 35 50 Romania 34 54 Zaire 34 141 Cuba 33 41 Mauritius 33 32 Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen 32 44 Burma 28 37 Guyana 28 27 Belgium 27 45 Italy 27 69 Nicaragua 26 29 Jamaica 23 41 Philippines 22 26 Senegal 22 58 Zimbabwe 21 34 Lebanon 19 35 Fiji 18 43 Uganda 18 32 Honduras 16 16 Somalia 15 36 Chile 14 6 Kenya 14 40 Paraguay 14 31 United States of America 14 22 Malawi 13 22 Trinidad 13 16 Indonesia 12 38 Ecuador 11 49 Gabon 11 31 Austria 9 6 Dominica 9 14 Mongolia 9 4 Guatemala 8 8 Iceland 8 16 Lesotho 8 11 Peru 8 75 Vietnam 8 6 Iran 7 33 Bolivia 6 5 Australia 5 0 Benin 5 0 Nepal 5 5 Panama 5 12 South Africa 5 0 Afghanistan 4 9 Denmark 4 2 Mexico 4 10 Netherlands 4 8 Togo 4 11 Bahrain 3 0 Botswana 3 5 Colombia 3 10 Malta 3 0 Srilanka 3 5 Swaziland 3 0 East Caribbean 2 5 Mozambique 2 0 Singapore 2 2 Switzerland 2 3 Bahamas 1 2 Belize 1 0 Luxembourg 1 3 Papua New Guinea 1 1
1989 1988 Tonga 1 0 Antigua and Barbuda 0 6 Costa Rica 0 0 El Salvador 0 2 Grenada 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 International Organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 23 21 Cocoa 5 13 Immarsat 5 0 IMO 4 1 Coffee 3 0 EC 0 1 Sugar 0 0 UN 0 0 WEU 0 10 7,831 10,079