National Diplomatic Missions (Outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates Bills) Debate
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National 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 £566,009. As at 7 May 2011, missions listed below owed over £10,000 in respect of NNDR.
£35,000 has been repaid since February 2011.
Bangladesh | £84,542 |
Cameroon | £62,249 |
Côte d’Ivoire | £82,693 |
E. Guinea | £19,707 |
Iraq | £19,533 |
Liberia | £18,764 |
Sierra Leone | £52,651 |
Tunisia | £30,869 |
Ukraine | £26,526 |
Zimbabwe | £108,613 |