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 (NNDR) requested from them.
They are obliged to pay only 6% of the total NNDR value which represents payment for specific services such as rubbish collection, street cleaning and street lighting.
Following representations by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, historic debt of £149,799 owed by missions has been settled during the last 12 months.
As at 1 June 2012, the total amount outstanding from all diplomatic missions was £565,646. This represents a very small reduction on the previous year’s total. Missions listed below owed over £10,000 in respect of NNDR.
Albania | £10,444 |
Bangladesh | £89,300 |
Cameroon | £32,865 |
China | £42,961 |
Côte d’Ivoire | £89,543 |
Iran | £21,440 |
Liberia | £17,142 |
Montenegro | £10,621 |
Sierra Leone | £52,711 |
Sudan | £16,150 |
Tunisia | £35,001 |
Ukraine | £24,351 |
Zimbabwe | £60,894 |