§ Sir John WheelerTo 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 London in the first six months of the current year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the table. The table also includes those international organisations which incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payments.
The total of 2,388 for the first six months of 1992 represents a 20 per cent. reduction from the figure of 3,000 for the same period in 1991. It compares with nearly 67,000 in the first six months of 1984 before publication of the 1985 White Paper. We welcome this further reduction in unpaid parking fines that has been achieved during 1992 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-June 1992 January-June 1991 Turkey 141 73 Saudi Arabia 126 89 Russia 124 167 91W
Diplomatic mission January-June 1992 January-June 1991 France 114 69 Greece 82 80 Nigeria 79 47 China 79 74 Zambia 64 38 Cote D'Ivoire 60 41 Cameroon 59 110 Korea 59 71 Oman 48 42 Sudan 45 51 Cyprus 45 30 Thailand 45 77 India 40 24 Tunisia 40 18 Israel 38 92 Egypt 38 44 Libyan Interests Sec., Saudi Arabia 36 105 Poland 36 115 Spain 34 22 Gambia 31 23 Morocco 30 78 Germany 30 41 Uruguay 30 17 Hungary 29 22 Qatar 27 0 Ghana 27 59 Senegal 25 0 Pakistan 25 78 Romania 23 20 Bangladesh 22 18 Algeria 22 15 Bulgaria 21 61 Mauritius 19 5 Portugal 17 33 United States 15 6 Jordan 15 62 Barbados 14 27 Liberia 14 10 Brazil 14 32 Mexico 12 2 Tanzania 12 25 Japan 11 7 Finland 11 13 Italy 11 20 Zaire 11 10 Ethiopia 10 14 Syria 10 3 Venezuela 10 10 Yugoslavia 10 27 Iraqi Interests Sec., Jordan 10 32 Lebanon 10 4 Angola 9 0 Brunei 9 25 Malaysia 9 11 Jamaica 9 15 United Arab Emirates 9 140 Ireland 8 1 Bahrain 8 21 Canada 7 35 Lesotho 7 5 Guyana 7 26 Gabon 6 22 Iran 6 9 Zimbabwe 6 19 Burma 5 5 Malawi 5 10 Nepal 5 1 Philippines 5 2 Kenya 5 0 Honduras 5 12 Afghanistan 5 0 Cuba 5 8 Yemen 5 14 South Africa 4 4 Guatemala 4 22 Peru 3 7
Diplomatic mission January-June 1992 January-June 1991 Paraguay 3 4 Czechoslovakia 3 7 Belgium 3 4 Malta 3 1 Sweden 3 4 Botswana 3 0 Uganda 3 5 Chile 2 12 Sri Lanka 2 1 Indonesia 2 3 Austria 2 6 Eastern Caribbean States 2 5 Trinidad and Tobago 2 7 Luxembourg 2 3 Panama 2 8 Australia 2 3 Norway 1 3 Iceland 1 2 New Zealand 1 0 Vietnam 1 9 Fiji 1 3 Sierra Leone 1 18 Mozambique 1 2 Bahamas 1 2 Mongolia 1 5 Colombia 1 0 Tonga 1 0 Seychelles 1 4 Kuwait 0 165 Namibia 0 0 Grenada 0 0 Togo 0 8 Benin 0 0 Belize 0 0 Singapore 0 3 Papua New Guinea 0 2 Ecuador 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 Dominica 0 0 Argentina 0 2 Antigua 0 0 Denmark 0 0 Swaziland 0 1 Nicaragua 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 Netherlands 0 2 Costa Rica 0 1 Bolivia 0 7 International Organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 21 13 INMARSAT 5 1 EBRD 2 0 WEU 1 1 Coffee 1 0 EC 1 1 IMO 0 1 Cocoa 0 3 UN 0 0 African Development Bank 0 0 Sugar 0 0 2,388 3,000