§ Ms CoffeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will name the diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom that owed more than £10,000 as at 5 April in respect of national non-domestic rates for office premises. [70290]
§ Mr. MacshaneMost diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom meet their obligations and pay the NNDR requested from them. However, as at 5 April 2002, the following missions owed over £10,000 in respect of NNDR:
£ Country Amount Bulgaria 117,511.13 Iran 97,352.55 Sierra Leone 48,274.76 Algeria 43,194.62 Mozambique 31,116.14 Cameroon 27,646.19 Uganda 24,760.37 Bangladesh 20,636.91 Syria 20,004.66 Zambia 19,276.56 Senegal 14,600,98 Jordan 13,154.29 Cote d'Ivoire 12,066.16 Total 489,595.32 Eleven additional diplomatic missions who each owe more than £10,000 in respect of NNDR have made arrangements with the Valuation Office Agency to clear their outstanding debts have not been included in the list. These eleven missions owe £729,731.66. The total amount outstanding from all missions, therefore, is £1,219,326.98.