Diplomatic Missions (Outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates Bills) Debate
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Diplomatic Missions (Outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates Bills)
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The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague)
The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the national non-domestic rates requested from them. They are obliged to pay only 6% of the total national non-domestic rates value which represents payment for specific services such as street cleaning, lighting, maintenance and fire services. The total amount outstanding from all diplomatic missions is approximately £574,998. As at 1 April 2010, missions listed below owed over £10,000 in respect of NNDR.
Since a letter about outstanding NNDR bills was sent to missions on 22 February 2010, £26,471.68 has been repaid. Many missions have cleared their bills and some others have entered into arrangements to pay by instalment. Overall, the repayment rate is 96%.
Bangladesh | £80,612.37 |
Bulgaria | £13,022.25 |
Cameroon | £58,517.78 |
Cote d’Ivoire | £77,079.12 |
Equatorial Guinea | £15,782.37 |
Liberia | £15,388.02 |
Sierra Leone | £50,790.06 |
Tanzania | £13,572.67 |
Tunisia | £26,525.97 |
Ukraine | £26,103.15 |
Uzbekistan | £10,287.95 |
Zimbabwe | £93,414.78 |
TOTAL | £481,096.49 |