Tuesday 19th July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague)
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In 2010, there were 5,109 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom which were brought to our attention by councils.



These totalled £491,086.

In March this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to 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.

Subsequent payments totalled £105,360 (with a further £77,310 of the outstanding debt being waived by councils). There remains a total of £308,416 in unpaid fines for 2010.

The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1,000 or more, as of 15 June 2011.

DiplomaticMission/InternationalOrganisation

Number of Outstanding Fines

(excluding congestion charge)

Amount in £

China

257

£27,690

Afghanistan

245

£25,820

Turkey

253

£25,590

Saudi Arabia

169

£15,440

Cyprus

140

£14,500

Pakistan

128

£13,120

France

120

£11,900

Ghana

107

£10,760

Uzbekistan

102

£9,680

Malaysia

89

£8,950

Ukraine

86

£8,260

Russia

71

£7,920

Egypt

72

£7,180

Tunisia

68

£7,080

Jordan

76

£6,790

Nigeria

70

£6,590

Sudan

48

£4,920

Liberia

45

£4,660

Korea (North)

44

£4,560

Qatar

41

£4,500

Iraq

41

£4,180

Guinea

39

£4,120

Cote D'Ivoire

46

£3,800

Albania

33

£3,560

Libya

33

£3,530

Greece

31

£3,280

Morocco

34

£3,080

Mongolia

29

£3,040

Georgia

35

£3,010

Oman

31

£2,860

Romania

28

£2,860

Kuwait

24

£2,700

Iran

27

£2,660

Bangladesh

23

£2,560

Azerbaijan

27

£2,380

Germany

26

£2,340

Yemen

25

£2,300

USA

24

£2,210

Bulgaria

20

£2,120

Mauritius

20

£2,060

Mozambique

23

£1,970

Tajikistan

21

£1,780

Italy

15

£1,700

Kenya

14

£1,640

Slovenia

16

£1,580

Lebanon

16

£1,520

Equatorial Guinea

19

£1,490

Zambia

18

£1,450

Sierra Leone

15

£1,270

Moldova

12

£1,180

Spain

12

£1,160

India

17

£1,140

Ethiopia

12

£1,120