§ Lord Howie of Troonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish figures recording the number of outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom during the year ending 31 December 2000. [HL327]
§ Baroness AmosAt the end of 2000, unpaid fines in respect of parking and other minor traffic violations incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom totalled 5,889. In May this year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that they had been issued incorrectly. As a result, payments totalling £81,120.00 were received leaving a total of 3,936 unpaid fines for 2000. The attached table details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have more than 10 fines outstanding.
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Unpaid Parking and Minor Traffic Violation Fines—2000— Diplomatic Vehicles Position Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No of fines outstanding 1 Nigeria 1,084 2 United Arab Emirates 272 3 Egypt 148 4 Qatar 145 5 Iran 114 6 Ghana 104 7 Turkey 96 8 Saudi Arabia 82 9 Ethiopia 74 10 France 69 10 Oman 69 10 Ukraine 69 11 Greece 68 12 Algeria 59 13 China 57 14 Cyprus 55 14 Jordan 55 14 Mongolia 55 14 Morocco 55 15 Hungary 48 15 Malaysia 48 16 Mozambique 47 17 Georgia 45 18 Russia 44 18 United States of America 44 19 Poland 41 20 Kenya 40 21 Cuba 38 22 Kazakhstan 34 23 Tunisia 33 24 Brunei 32 25 Uganda 29 26 Indonesia 26 26 Zambia 26 26 Zimbabwe 26 27 Romania 25 28 Albania 24 28 Yemen 24
Unpaid Parking and Minor Traffic Violation Fines—2000— Diplomatic Vehicles Position Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No of fines outstanding 29 Pakistan 23 29 Commonwealth Secretariat 23 30 Bangladesh 22 30 Philippines 22 31 Afghanistan 21 31 Namibia 21 32 Lithuania 18 33 Côte D' Ivoire 16 34 Peru 15 34 Sudan 15 35 Cameroon 14 35 Italy 14 36 Portugal 13 36 Uzbekistan 13 37 Bahrain 12 37 Germany 12 3,678