§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many parking fines were incurred by diplomatic missions in London during 1996.
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanDuring 1996 the London diplomatic mission incurred a total of 1,676 unpaid parking fines, which is slightly more than the 1995 figure of 1,586. In February this year this department wrote to all diplomatic missions to give them an opportunity to pay off all outstanding parking tickets, or appeal to have the ticket cancelled. Since then payments totalling £48,640.00 have been received, compared with £11,600.00 in 1996. The table below shows only missions which have 11 or more fines outstanding.