asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many times and in connection with what offences each of the diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James have claimed diplomatic privilege in each of the last five years for which records are available;(2) in how many theft cases during each of the past five years diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James have invoked diplomatic privilege;(3) in how many cases involving violence during each of the past five years diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James have invoked diplomatic privilege;(4) in how many cases involving sexual offences during each of the past five years diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James have invoked diplomatic privilege;(5) in how many criminal cases other than those involving sex, violence or theft during each of the past five years diplomatic missions accredited to the Court of St. James have invoked diplomatic privilege.

The following tables shows the number of offences alleged to have been committed in the years 1972–76 by persons entitled to diplomatic immunity where the possibility of criminal proceedings was not pursued in consequence of

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Libyan diplomat involved in the recent rape case left Great Britain prior to, or after, the conclusion of police inquiries into that case.

The Libyan Ambassador has notified my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs that the appointment of the diplomat concerned was terminated with effect from 11th March. He is understood to have left the country on the same day, at which time police inquiries into the case had not been completed.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases involving parking violations each of the diplomatic missions

The following table, compiled from provisional figures available from the Metropolitan Police, gives particulars of the total number of fixed penalty notices cancelled annually on grounds of diplomatic immunity for the years 1972 to 1976, except for the period June to September 1975 for which, because of a major revision of the Metropolitan Police computer system, figures broken down by diplomatic mission are not available. It is not possible to give a breakdown by diplomatic mission of the final annual figures derived from statistical returns from all police forces in England and Wales. This information cannot be given in six-monthly periods without disproportionate cost.