HL Deb 21 July 1998 vol 592 cc99-100WA
Baroness Rendell of Babergh

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish figures recording the number of parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and organisations in London during 1997. [HL2925]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

During 1997 the London diplomatic missions and organisations incurred a total of 2,480 unpaid parking fines. In 1996 the figure was 1,674. In April this year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all diplomatic missions and organisations to give them an opportunity to pay off all outstanding parking tickets, or appeal to have the ticket cancelled. Since then payments totalling £84,665.00 have been received, compared with £48,640.00 in 1997. The table below shows only missions which have 11 or more fines outstanding.

Unpaid parking fines
Position Diplomatic mission 1997 1996
1 Turkey 97 45
2 Egypt 92 49
3 Oman 91 39
4 Indonesia 82 0
5 Kazakhstan 80 0
6 Cameroon 79 44
6 Cuba 79 40
8 Cyprus 76 33
9 Sudan 73 0
10 Nigeria 62 0
11 Ethiopia 61 10
11 Morocco 61 37
13 Jordan 59 36
13 Thailand 59 50
15 Brunei 58 14
16 Greece 56 13
17 Malaysia 52 71
18 India 50 43
19 Kenya 47 34
20 Angola 46 0
21 Hungary 44 40
22 Georgia 43 4
23 Russia 42 35
24 Afghanistan 37 18
24 Poland 37 18
26 Portugal 36 26
26 Zimbabwe 36 26
26 Albania 36 12
29 Iran 34 2
29 Tunisia 34 23
31 Bangladesh 32 62
32 Armenia 29 13
32 Tanzania 29 20
32 Algeria 29 21
35 Yemen 28 7
Unpaid parking fines
Position Diplomatic mission 1997 1996
36 Ghana 27 47
36 Lithuania 27 10
38 Pakistan 26 61
39 Philippines 24 39
40 Cote d'Ivoire 23 7
40 Uganda 23 30
42 Mongolia 19 6
43 Spain 18 14
44 Romania 17 33
44 Germany 17 12
46 Qatar 16 42
46 Uzbekistan 16 9
48 Liberia 15 12
48 Luxembourg 15 3
48 USA 15 8
51 Italy 14 2
51 Nicaragua 14 2
53 Peru 13 13
54 Canada 12 7
54 Mauritius 12 11
56 Bulgaria 11 21
2,260 1,274