Diplomats: London Congestion Charge

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Thursday 16th July 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

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Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Philip Hammond)
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The value of unpaid Congestion Charge debt incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in London since its introduction in February 2003 until 31 December 2014 as advised by Transport for London was £87,440,287. The table below shows those diplomatic missions and international organisations with outstanding fines of £100,000 or more.

Country

Number of Fines

Total Outstanding

Embassy of the United States of America

80,174

£9,441,370

Embassy of Japan

54,158

£6,374,505

High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

45,511

£5,339,020

Embassy of the Russia Federation

45,650

£5,323,900

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

34,976

£4,052,895

Office of the High Commissioner for India

32,503

£3,908,465

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

26,365

£3,152,000

Office of the High Commissioner for Ghana

23,979

£2,861,855

Embassy of the Republic of Sudan

22,297

£2,549,135

Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

18,831

£2,273,760

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

17,523

£2,176,310

Kenya High Commission

17,950

£2,076,095

Embassy of France

15,416

£1,811,555

Embassy of Spain

14,504

£1,715,385

High Commission for the United Republic of Tanzania

13,577

£1,556,810

High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

12,184

£1,478,620

Embassy of the Republic of Korea

11,960

£1,442,550

Embassy of Romania

12,153

£1,426,000

Embassy of Greece

11,420

£1,344,692

Embassy of Ukraine

11,268

£1,315,970

Embassy of the Republic of Cuba

10,235

£1,231,480

South African High Commission

10,567

£1,217,005

People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

10,414

£1,205,110

Sierra Leone High Commission

10,050

£1,149,975

Embassy of Hungary

8,032

£949,185

High Commission for the Republic of Cyprus

7,902

£941,595

Embassy of the Republic of Yemen

6,558

£770,245

High Commission for the Republic of Zambia

6,593

£766,770

Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

6,386

£735,810

Embassy of the Republic of Belarus

5,452

£635,960

Embassy of the Slovak Republic

5,296

£616,425

High Commission for the Republic of Cameron

5,216

£600,685

High Commission of the Republic of Malawi

4,737

£555,170

Botswana High Commission

4,566

£543,940

Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

4,537

£518,185

High Commission for the Republic of Namibia

4,515

£516,455

Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe

4,520

£500,810

Kingdom of Swaziland High Commission

4,347

£494,500

High Commission for the Republic of Mozambique

4,255

£494,410

Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

3,877

£446,685

Embassy of Austria

3,478

£443,920

Embassy of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire

3,721

£431,350

Mauritius High Commission

3,688

£425,875

Malta High Commission

3,486

£412,810

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania

3,266

£395,315

High Commission of the Kingdom of Lesotho

3,415

£392,140

Embassy of the Czech Republic

3,383

£390,080

Uganda High Commission

3,278

£385,910

Embassy of Belgium

3,200

£378,200

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

2,955

£351,545

Embassy of the Republic of Liberia

2,934

£350,235

Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

2,953

£344,110

Royal Danish Embassy

2,756

£327,040

Embassy of the Republic of Turkey

2,466

£292,380

Embassy of the Republic of Guinea

2,573

£291,140

Jamaican High Commission

2,429

£284,320

Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2,280

£279,110

Embassy of the Republic of Latvia

1,995

£238,630

Embassy of Portugal

1,950

£236,460

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt

2,244

£235,575

Embassy of Finland

1,921

£227,680

Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

1,979

£227,680

Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia

1,731

£211,670

Embassy of Luxembourg

1,731

£205,500

Embassy of Tunisia

1,594

£193,710

High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

1,560

£193,530

Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco

1,477

£ 185,075

High Commission for Antigua & Barbuda

1,573

£184,840

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia

1,689

£183,310

Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

1,192

£149,180

Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan

1,126

£ 143,855

Embassy of Estonia

1,164

£141,615

Embassy of the Dominican Republic

1,081

£127,840

Belize High Commission

990

£121,990

Embassy of the State of Eritrea

1,017

£ 118,320

High Commission for Guyana

914

£ 105,620



Figures for previous years are available in the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ written statement to the House on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 53WS.

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