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Unpaid Parking Fines

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what sum remains unpaid for parking fines incurred by those with diplomatic immunity during each of the last three years; and how much, and what proportion, is owed by each diplomatic mission accredited to the Court of St. James. (85142)

The information is not collected by my Department. The figures for 2005 are currently being collected. They will be available in the autumn when the FCO will report to Parliament by means of a written ministerial statement providing details about those diplomatic missions in London which have unpaid fines for parking, non-payment of the congestion charge, or other traffic violations.

Unpaid parking and minor traffic violation fines, 2003–diplomatic vehicles–10 or fewer fines

Final figures

Diplomatic mission/international organisation

Number of fines outstanding

Amount (£)

Ethiopia

10

1,000.00

Lebanon

10

1,000.00

Indonesia

10

920.00

Congo (DRC)

9

700.00

Slovak Republic

9

680.00

Barbados

9

480.00

Mongolia

8

800.00

Nicaragua

8

800.00

Chile

8

690.00

Albania

8

650.00

Bosnia and Herzegovinia

8

580.00

Nepal

7

560.00

Kyrgyzstan

6

550.00

Mexico

6

540.00

Korea (S)

5

500.00

Mauritania

5

500.00

Peru

5

500.00

South Africa

5

500.00

Belize

5

400.00

Netherlands

5

380.00

Gabon

4

400.00

Tonga

4

400.00

Swaziland

4

280.00

Commonwealth Secretariat

4

200.00

Finland

3

300.00

Luxembourg

3

300.00

Sri Lanka

3

300.00

Trinidad and Tobago

3

260.00

Czech Republic

3

250.00

Guyana

3

250.00

Honduras

3

250.00

Botswana

3

240.00

Benin

3

110.00

Dominican Republic

2

200.00

European Bank

2

200.00

Iceland

2

200.00

Lesotho

2

200.00

Bahamas

2

160.00

Singapore

2

140.00

Bolivia

2

100.00

Columbia

2

90.00

Armenia

1

100.00

Burma

1

100.00

Croatia

1

100.00

Estonia

1

100.00

International Cocoa Org

1

100.00

International Coffee Org

1

100.00

Israel

1

100.00

Mauritius

1

100.00

Monaco

1

100.00

Papua New Guinea

1

100.00

Slovenia

1

100.00

Uruguay

1

100.00

Canada

1

60.00

Serbia and Montenegro

1

60.00

Guatemala

1

50.00

Cote d’lvoire

1

40.00

Total

221

18,970.00

Table A: The total amounts of unpaid parking fines owed by the diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom that have remained outstanding for 2002, 2003 and 2004

Amounts remaining (£)

2002

213,479.00

2003

350,170.00

2004

361,830.00

Source:

Protocol Directorate, FCO