HL Deb 07 May 1991 vol 528 cc41-3WA
Baroness Gardner of Parkes

asked Her Majesty's Government

What was the number of parking fines incurred by each diplomatic mission in London during 1990.

Lord Reay

The 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 1990 (6,551) indicates a 16 per cent. reduction over the figure for 1989 (7,831) and represents only 6 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 1990 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.

Unpaid parking fines
Diplomatic mission 1990 1989
Poland 531 244
Saudi Arabia 346 287
Soviet Union 308 599
Pakistan 220 243
Kuwait 218 113
Sudan 193 238
Cameroon 191 261
United Arab Emirates 185 231
Côte d'Ivoire 183 272
Morocco 156 135
Korea 152 216
Greece 146 195
Thailand 145 134
Israel 131 166
Iraq 125 147
Federal Republic of Germany 1(FRG—DDR) 122 1213
India 121 79
Cyprus 110 102
Egypt 105 261
Yugoslavia 101 65
Bulgaria 101 152
France 101 94
China 92 83
Spain 89 177
Angola 86 197
Malaysia 84 142
Qatar 83 166
Hungary 82 57
Turkey 76 117
Zambia 76 46
Jordan 71 63
Yemen 1(PDRY+YAR) 71 169
Nigeria 70 37
Oman 70 44

Diplomatic mission 1990 1989
Portugal 69 106
Brunei 63 118
Romania 60 34
Bangladesh 59 77
The Gambia 55 60
Sierra Leone 54 55
Brazil 51 75
Jamaica 49 23
Barbados 48 79
Algeria 46 90
Gabon 43 11
Guyana 39 28
Canada 39 74
Liberia 38 36
Uruguay 34 48
Italy 34 27
Tunisia 31 46
Czechoslovakia 30 40
Philippines 29 22
Zimbabwe 28 21
Seychelles 25 39
Tanzania 24 53
Senegal 24 22
Ethiopia 23 43
Indonesia 22 12
Japan 22 57
Mauritius 21 33
Vietnam 20 8
Chile 20 14
Cuba 20 33
Somalia 18 15
Belgium 18 27
Guatemala 18 8
Kenya 18 14
Bahrain 18 3
Zaire 18 34
Honduras 16 16
Finland 16 51
Venezuela 15 55
United States 15 14
Uganda 15 18
Norway 15 52
Myanmar 14 28
Nicaragua 13 26
Iceland 12 8
Mongolia 12 9
Lesotho 12 8
Paraguay 11 14
Lebanon 11 19
Australia 11 5
Trinidad 10 13
Austria 9 9
Togo 8 4
Luxembourg 8 1
Botswana 8 3
Malawi 8 13
Mexico 7 4
Ecuador 7 11
East Caribbean 7 2
Sri Lanka 7 3
Singapore 6 2
Sweden 6 35
Dominica 5 9
Bolivia 4 6
Panama 4 5
Benin 4 5
Denmark 3 4
Netherlands 3 4
Afghanistan 3 4
Nepal 2 5
Fiji 2 18
Peru 2 8
Tonga 2 1
Costa Rica 1 0
Grenada 1 0
Colombia 1 3
El Salvador 1 0
Malta 1 3

Diplomatic mission 1990 1989
South Africa 1 5
Antigua and Barbuda 1 0
Ghana 0 102
Ireland 0 39
Swaziland 0 3
Switzerland 0 2
Belize 0 1
New Zealand 0 0
Mozambique 0 2
Papua New Guinea 0 1
Argentina 0 0
Bahamas 0 1
Iran 0 7

International Organisations
Commonwealth Secretariat 49 23
Cocoa 6 5
Coffee 6 3
EC 1 0
IMO 0 4
INMARSAT 0 5
Sugar 0 0
UN 0 0
WEU 0 0
Total 6,551 7,831