Unpaid Parking and Minor Traffic Violation Fines The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Margaret Beckett) There were 5,216 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 2005 to 31 December 2005. These totalled £485,250. In June 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 payments totalling £11,545 were received, leaving a total of 4,732 (£444,070) unpaid fines for 2005. The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £,1000 or more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation|No of finesOutstanding|Amount in £| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UAE |441 |£42,950.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Turkey |348 |£34,100.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Saudi Arabia |259 |£24,180.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Germany |194 |£19,020.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |China |180 |£16,280.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Russia |174 |£16,200.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sudan |162 |£15,620.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Egypt |154 |£14,670.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |France |130 |£12,430.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Afghanistan |116 |£10,700.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kazakhstan |107 |£10,400.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Guinea |106 |£10,220.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Qatar |103 |£9,850.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Iran |103 |£9,530.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nigeria |103 |£6,440.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Libya |91 |£8,700.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Brunei |89 |£8,580.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kuwait |79 |£7,850.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Angola |78 |£7,340.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ghana |73 |£6,780.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hungary |73 |£6,700.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greece |72 |£6,770.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yemen |67 |£6,130.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DPR Korea |66 |£5,720.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oman |64 |£6,350.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jordan |58 |£5,640.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Malaysia |57 |£5,500.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tunisia |55 |£4,960.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pakistan |53 |£5,010.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bangladesh |49 |£4,730.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zambia |47 |£4,570.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lithuania |37 |£3,480.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Algeria |32 |£2,900.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poland |31 |£2,650.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bulgaria |31 |£2,800.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mozambique |30 |£2,200.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cyprus |30 |£2,800.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cote d’Ivoire |28 |£2,470.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Georgia |28 |£2,600.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Uzbekistan |27 |£2,600.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ukraine |25 |£2,450.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Romania |24 |£2,250.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tanzania |23 |£2,300.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swaziland |22 |£1,920.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Morocco |22 |£1,870.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gabon |22 |£2,050.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thailand |20 |£1,900.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senegal |19 |£1,850.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kenya |19 |£1,850.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Iraq |19 |£1,780.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |USA |16 |£1,500.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vietnam |16 |£1,450.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bahrain |16 |£1,600.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Republic of Korea |15 |£1,400.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kyrgyzstan |13 |£1,150.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Africa |13 |£1,250.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jamaica |13 |£1,180.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mexico |12 |£1,160.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Azerbaijan |12 |£1,850.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Indonesia |11 |£1,100.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Japan |6 |£1000.00 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |TOTAL |4383 |£412.530.00| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 October 2006 was 56,411. The table below shows the 10 Diplomatic Missions with the highest number of outstanding fines. ----------------------------------- |USA |10,485|£1,016,200.00| ----------------------------------- |Angola |5,649 |£543,300.00 | ----------------------------------- |Nigeria |5,180 |£504,120.00 | ----------------------------------- |Sudan |4,679 |£449,220.00 | ----------------------------------- |Tanzania |2,461 |£233,630.00 | ----------------------------------- |South Africa|2,252 |£214,640.00 | ----------------------------------- |Kenya |2,251 |£208,610.00 | ----------------------------------- |Sierra Leone|2,138 |£203,490.00 | ----------------------------------- |Zimbabwe |1,434 |£136,990.00 | ----------------------------------- |Algeria |1,306 |£122,660.00 | -----------------------------------