§ 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 during 1991.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe 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.
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Unpaid parking fines Diplomatic mission 1991 1990 Saudi Arabia 367 346 Russia (and former Soviet Union) 363 308 Israel 191 131 550W
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