HC Deb 11 March 1992 vol 205 cc548-50W
Sir John Wheeler

To 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 during 1991.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The information requested by my hon. Friend is given in the table, which also includes those international organisations which incurred unpaid fines. The figures may be reduced by late payment.

The total of 1991–5,145—indicates a 22 per cent. reduction over the total 1990 figure—6,551—and is only 5 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 1991 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 1991 1990
Saudi Arabia 367 346
Russia (and former Soviet Union) 363 308
Israel 191 131

Diplomatic mission 1991 1990
Morocco 165 156
Nigeria 159 70
Greece 155 146
Poland 154 531
France 144 101
China 140 92
Canada 135 39
Sudan 132 193
Korea 130 152
Turkey 130 76
Qatar 122 83
Cote d' Ivoire 122 183
Egypt 105 105
Jordan 99 71
United Arab Emirates 99 185
Pakistan 97 220
Ghana 84 0
Bulgaria 81 101
Cameroon 77 191
India 73 121
Thailand 72 145
Hungary 68 82
Federal Republic of Germany 66 122
Zambia 64 76
Oman 58 70
Uruguay 57 34
Gambia 56 55
Cyprus 55 110
Barbados 54 48
Spain 50 89
Bangladesh 49 59
Tanzania 47 24
Portugal 45 69
Tunisia 43 31
Yugoslavia 41 101
Zimbabwe 38 28
Brazil 38 51
Iraqi Interests Section 38 125
Bahrain 37 18
Italy 35 34
Romania 34 60
Gabon 32 43
Brunei 31 63
Sierra Leone 28 54
Malaysia 28 84
Guatemala 27 18
Ethiopia 27 23
Finland 26 16
Yemen 21 71
Malawi 20 8
Liberia 18 38
United States of America 17 15
Venezuela 17 15
Algeria 16 46
Honduras 16 16
Japan 16 22
Guyana 16 39
Syria 16 0
Angola 15 86
Panama 14 4
Iran 14 0
Vietnam 13 20
Mauritius 13 21
Cuba 13 20
Eastern Caribbean States 13 7
Jamaica 12 49
Fiji 10 2
Mexico 9 7
Zaire 9 18
Mongolia 9 12
Lebanon 9 11
Myanmar 9 14
Bolivia 9 4
Botswana 8 8
Senegal 8 24
Philippines 8 29
Chile 8 20
Sweden 8 6

Diplomatic mission 1991 1990
Togo 8 8
Lesotho 7 12
Trinidad 7 10
Nepal 7 2
Kenya 7 18
Peru 7 2
Paraguay 6 11
Czechoslovakia 6 30
Belgium 6 18
Ireland 5 0
Somalia 5 18
Iceland 5 12
Australia 5 11
Uganda 5 15
Norway 4 15
Bahamas 4 0
Costa Rica 4 1
Seychelles 4 25
Austria 3 9
Indonesia 3 22
Singapore 3 6
Netherlands 3 3
Sri Lanka 3 7
Mozambique 3 0
Switzerland 2 0
Swaziland 2 0
South Africa 2 1
Luxembourg 2 8
Malta 2 1
Papua New Guinea 2 0
Argentina 1 0
Ecuador 1 7
El Salvador 1 1
Benin 1 4
Denmark 1 3
Dominica 1 5
Nicaragua 1 13
Kuwait 0 218
Afghanistan 0 3
New Zealand 0 0
Grenada 0 1
Antigua and Barbuda 0 1
Colombia 0 1
International organizations
Commonwealth Sec 40 49
Cocoa 5 6
INMARSAT 3 0
Coffee 2 6
EC 2 1
IMO 1 0
WEU 1 0
UN 0 0
Sugar 0 0
5,145 6,551