Diplomatic Missions/International Organisations (Unpaid Parking Fines)

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Thursday 11th July 2013

(11 years, 4 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 2012 there were 6,154 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom which were brought to our attention by local councils. These totalled £584,772.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has held meetings with a number of missions about outstanding parking fine debt. In addition, in April this year we wrote to the diplomatic missions and international organisations concerned giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or to appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly.

Subsequent payments as advised by councils—including amounts waived by them—totalled £240,035. There remains a total of £344,737 in unpaid fines for 2012.

The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations which have outstanding fines of £1000 or more, as of 27 June 2013.

Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation

Amount of Outstanding Fines accrued in 2012 (excluding congestion charge)

£

High Commission for the Federal Republic of Nigeria

84645

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia

24005

Embassy of France

14735

Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

12975

Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

12400

Embassy of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

10030

Embassy of the Republic of Liberia

7955

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates

7535

Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

7335

Embassy of the State of Qatar

6745

Kenya High Commission

6480

High Commission for the Republic of Zambia

6385

Embassy of Romania

6010

Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

5510

Embassy of Ukraine

4865

Embassy of Tunisia

4662

Embassy of the Republic of Angola

3870

High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

3770

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt

3580

Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

3565

Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

3560

Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan

3520

Embassy of the Russian Federation

3380

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

3280

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

3175

Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman

3165

Office of the High Commissioner for Ghana

3140

Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

3105

Malaysian High Commission

3075

Embassy of the Republic of Turkey

3025

Embassy of Georgia

2500

Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

2455

Sierra Leone High Commission

2425

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

2215

Embassy of the Republic of Guinea

2185

Brunei Darussalam High Commission

2170

High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania

2040

High Commission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

1910

Mauritius High Commission

1905

Office of the High Commissioner for India

1700

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

1700

High Commission for the Republic of Mozambique

1700

Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco

1690

Embassy of the State of Kuwait

1680

Embassy of the United States of America

1555

Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

1510

Embassy of Japan

1495

Embassy of the Gabonese Republic

1490

Embassy of the Republic of Latvia

1465

Embassy of the Republic of Moldova

1425

High Commission of the Republic of Malawi

1335

Botswana High Commission

1275

Embassy of the Republic of Yemen

1245

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania

1220

South African High Commission

1160

Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

1145

Embassy of Spain

1125

Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan

1115