§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanThere were 4,565 outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom recorded during the year 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003. These totalled £407,950.00. In May this year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all affected diplomatic missions and international organisations giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly. As a result payments totalling £49,280.00 were received, leaving a total of 3,941 (£350,170.00) unpaid fines for 2003. The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have 11 or more undisputed fines unpaid.
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Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No. of fines Outstanding Amount in £ Libya 365 34,480.00 Saudi Arabia 264 24,200.00 Nigeria 232 15,850.00 Georgia 172 16,460.00 China 160 14,080.00 Kazakhstan 146 13,670.00
Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation No. of fines Outstanding Amount in £ Turkey 116 10,410.00 Egypt 115 10,930.00 Ghana 106 9,650.00 Greece 94 8,230.00 Senegal 93 8,680.00 United Arab Emirates 92 7,900.00 Angola 87 7,380.00 Kuwait 85 8,270.00 France 78 6,370.00 Afghanistan 76 7,370.00 Russia 75 6,980.00 Algeria 72 6,780.00 Jordan 71 6,660.00 Yemen 60 5,110.00 Malaysia 59 5,720.00 Oman 58 3,830.00 Hungary 56 5,500.00 Kenya 44 4,200.00 Brunei 41 3,920.00 Iran 41 3,280.00 Sudan 40 3,350.00 Rwanda 35 2,650.00 Bahrain 34 3,400.00 Mozambique 34 2,690.00 Germany 32 2,980.00 Brazil 32 2,660.00 Korea (DPR) 31 2,450.00 Uganda 30 2,950.00 Bangladesh 29 2,820.00 Ukraine 29 2,480.00 Tunisia 28 2,590.00 Philippines 28 2,380.00 Poland 27 2,030.00 Tanzania 26 2,370.00 Bulgaria 26 2,350.00 Romania 25 2,300.00 Latvia 24 2,130.00 Zambia 23 2,140.00 Lithuania 22 2,150.00 Morocco 22 2,090.00 Cyprus 22 1,780.00 Guinea 22 1,430.00 Syria 18 1,570.00 Cuba 18 1,440.00 Belgium 16 1,600.00 Fiji 16 1,600.00 Pakistan 16 1,540.00 Vietnam 16 1,540.00 Spain 16 1,220.00 Azerbaijan 15 1,400.00 Thailand 15 1,360.00 Sierra Leone 15 990.00 United States of America 14 1,310.00 Cameroon 14 1,300.00 Jamaica 14 1,280.00 Panama 14 1,240.00 Uzbekistan 12 1,020.00 Zimbabwe 12 710.00 TOTAL 3,720 331,200.00 The number of outstanding fines incurred by Diplomatic Missions in the United Kingdom for non-payment of the London congestion charge at the end of its first year of operation in February 2004 was 97WS 1,847. The table below shows the 10 diplomatic missions with the highest number of outstanding fines.
1 - Egypt 250 2 - U.A.E. 182 3 - Angola 126 4 - Kazakhstan 84 5 - Sudan 81 6 - Tanzania 72 7 - Sierra Leone 66 8 - Zimbabwe 52 9 - Algeria 50 10 - Malawi 50