My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
In 2007, there were 6,241 recorded outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom. These totalled £656,275. In March this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all diplomatic missions and international organisations concerned, 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 of subsequent payments totalling £27,300 and formal appeals lodged, there remains a total of 5,093 (£538,745) unpaid fines for 2007. The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1,000 or more.
Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation Number of fines outstanding (excluding Congestion Charge) Amount in £ Sudan 696 75,100 Saudi Arabia 382 38,730 Kazakhstan 280 28,180 China 243 26,230 UAE 225 24,670 France 195 20,920 Guinea 168 18,220 Egypt 167 18,140 Turkey 140 15,360 Russia 130 14,160 Libya 132 13,450 Cyprus 118 12,450 Nigeria 97 11,430 Afghanistan 108 11,010 Cote d’Ivoire 72 8,170 Romania 78 8,100 Greece 78 7,940 Georgia 69 7,610 Hungary 69 7,100 Malaysia 64 6,960 Mozambique 64 6,830 Tunisia 62 6,700 Uzbekistan 62 6,550 Zambia 63 6,310 Pakistan 53 6,260 Jordan 55 5,990 Algeria 67 5,820 Iran 56 5,690 Senegal 55 5,290 Oman 45 5,090 Ukraine 47 4,880 Ghana 42 4,140 Kenya 35 3,940 USA 36 3,660 Bangladesh 31 3,530 Liberia 31 3,480 Germany 32 3,250 Iraq 27 3,090 Bulgaria 29 3,070 Albania 28 2,840 Lithuania 28 2,740 North Korea 31 2,590 Equatorial Guinea 25 2,440 Lesotho 18 2,330 Yemen 22 2,260 Ethiopia 21 2,210 Tanzania 19 2,170 International Maritime Org. 20 2,010 Poland 19 2,000 Belgium 19 1,900 Kuwait 18 1,900 Syria 17 1,810 Zimbabwe 17 1,760 Swaziland 16 1,740 Thailand 17 1,730 Honduras 17 1,660 Mauritius 13 1,580 Morocco 14 1,510 Italy 14 1,460 South Africa 12 1,460 Jamaica 16 1,420 Cameroon 13 1,350 Kyrgyzstan 13 1,260 Slovak Republic 12 1,220 Vietnam 9 1,090 Mongolia 10 1,060 Moldova 11 1,060 Botswana 10 1,020 Malawi 9 1,020 Totals 4,933 520,100
Congestion Charge
The number of outstanding fines incurred by diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom for non-payment of the London congestion charge since its introduction in February 2003 until 14 May 2008 was 175,482. The table below shows the 10 diplomatic missions with the highest value of outstanding fines.
Mission No of fines outstanding Value (£) USA 23,188 2,347,205 Japan 13,062 1,334,560 Russian Federation 12,765 1,308,720 Germany 11,213 1,149,050 Nigeria 11,096 1,120,650 Sudan 7,984 793,300 Kenya 5,084 502,630 Tanzania 4,654 461,080 India 3,949 409,360 South Africa 4,098 406,480