§ Sir John WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish figures recording the number of unpaid parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions in London during 1992.
§ 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.
319WThe total of 4,166 represents a 19 per cent. reduction from the same period in 1991 when 5,145 fines were incurred. This compares favourably with the same period in 1984 when almost 108,932 fines were recorded. We welcome this further reduction in unpaid parking fines and appreciate the cooperation of diplomatic missions and international organisations since the introduction of the parking policy. We shall continue to monitor carefully the level of unpaid fines and pressure diplomatic missions to reduce this still further.
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Unpaid parking fines Diplomatic mission 1992 1991 Turkey 245 130 Russia 226 363 France 182 95 Nigeria 167 159 China 159 140 Greece 153 150 United Arab Emirates 128 21 Saudi Arabia (1991 includes Libyan Interests Sec.) 127 200 Zambia 117 63 Cote D'Ivoire 106 121 Israel 86 204 Korea 85 116 Kuwait 85 0 Tunisia 81 43 Thailand 80 72 Cameroon 70 38 Sudan 70 123 Poland 69 154 Egypt 68 78 India 66 73 Gambia 63 56 Romania 62 34 Cyprus 62 55 Uruguay 61 57 Hungary 60 68 Germany 60 65 Spain 60 45 Oman 59 52 Pakistan 57 97 Qatar 52 94 Morocco 48 117 Ghana 48 84 Libyan Interests Sec, Saudi Arabia 44 — Portugal 42 40 Bangladesh 41 49 Zimbabwe 38 38 Jordan 38 89 Mauritius 38 13 Angola 35 11 Algeria 34 11 Bulgaria 33 81 Gabon 32 25 Barbados 29 54 Malaysia 27 26 United States 26 17 Brazil 25 26 Italy 25 34 Brunei 24 30 Tanzania 23 47 Syria 22 16 Zaire 20 7 Mexico 19 6 Senegal 19 2 Malawi 18 20 Bahrain 18 35 Finland 16 25 Venezuela 16 17 Lebanon 14 9 Ethiopia 14 27 Japan 14 16 Ireland 13 5 Yugoslavia 12 41 Iran 12 13 321W
Diplomatic mission 1992 1991 Kenya 12 6 Yemen 12 20 Jamaica 11 11 Nepal 11 7 Iraqi Interest Section, Jordan 11 38 Cuba 11 13 Canada 10 135 Lesotho 10 7 Philippines 10 8 Paraguay 10 6 Fiji 9 10 Afghanistan 9 0 Guyana 7 16 Burma 7 10 Guatemala 7 27 Peru 7 7 Uganda 7 5 Sierra Leone 6 28 Honduras 5 9 Austria 5 3 Malta 5 2 Australia 5 5 Chile 5 7 Indonesia 5 3 South Africa 5 2 East Caribbean States 5 13 Sweden 4 8 Belgium 4 6 Mongolia 4 9 Liberia 4 18 Former Czechoslovakia 4 6 Panama 3 14 Seychelles 3 4 Sri Lanka 3 3 Luxembourg 3 2 Mozambique 3 3 Lithuania 2 — Armenia 2 — Nicaragua 2 1 Netherlands 2 3 Colombia 2 0 Denmark 2 1 Switzerland 2 2 Vietnam 2 13 Trinidad and Tobago 2 7 Norway 2 4 Singapore 1 3 Botswana 1 1 Papua New Guinea 1 2 Bahamas 1 4 Iceland 1 3 Costa Rica 1 2 El Salvador 1 0 New Zealand 1 0 Togo (Embassy closed 30 September 1991) 0 8 Somalia (Embassy closed 2 January 1992) 0 5 Bolivia 0 9 Swaziland 0 1 Ecuador 0 1 Dominica 0 1 Benin 0 1 Argentina 0 1 Slovenia 0 — Latvia 0 — Ukraine 0 — Grenada 0 0 Namibia 0 — Croatia 0 — Tonga 0 0 Estonia 0 — Belize 0 0 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 International organisations Commonwealth Secretariat 28 26 EBRD 8 — INMARSAT 7 3 African Development Bank 5 —
Diplomatic mission 1992 1991 Coffee 2 2 WEU 1 0 IMO 1 1 EC 1 2 United Nations 0 0 Sugar 0 0 Cocoa 0 — 4,166 4,575