Diplomatic Missions (Traffic Violation Fines: 2007) The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) 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(£)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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'lvoire |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 |6830 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tunisia |62 |6700 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Uzbekistan |62 |6550 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zambia |63 |6310 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pakistan |53 |6260 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jordan |55 |5990 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Algeria |67 |5820 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Iran |56 |5690 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Senegal |55 |5290 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oman |45 |5090 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ukraine |47 |4880 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ghana |42 |4140 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kenya |35 |3940 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |USA |36 |3660 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bangladesh |31 |3530 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Liberia |31 |3480 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Germany |32 |3250 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Iraq |27 |3090 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bulgaria |29 |3070 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Albania |28 |2840 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lithuania |28 |2740 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Korea |31 |2590 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Equatorial Guinea |25 |2440 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lesotho |18 |2330 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yemen |22 |2260 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ethiopia |21 |2210 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tanzania |19 |2170 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |International Maritime Org. |20 |2010 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poland |19 |2000 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Belgium |19 |1900 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kuwait |18 |1900 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Syria |17 |1810 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Zimbabwe |17 |1760 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Swaziland |16 |1740 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thailand |17 |1730 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Honduras |17 |1660 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mauritius |13 |1580 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Morocco |14 |1510 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Italy |14 |1460 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Africa |12 |1460 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jamaica |16 |1420 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cameroon |13 |1350 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kyrgyzstan |13 |1260 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slovak Republic |12 |1220 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vietnam |9 |1090 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mongolia |10 |1060 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Moldova |11 |1060 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Botswana |10 |1020 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Malawi |9 |1020 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Totals |4933 |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 |Number 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 | ----------------------------------------------------------