Diplomats: Parking Fines Debate
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Lord Hammond of Runnymede
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Diplomats: Parking Fines
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The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Philip Hammond)
In 2014, 5,307 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom were brought to our attention by councils. These totalled £536,289.
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 diplomatic missions and international organisations concerned giving them the opportunity to either pay their outstanding fines or appeal against them if they considered that the fines had been issued incorrectly.
Subsequent payments—including amounts waived by councils—totalled £214,154. There remains a total of £322,135 in unpaid fines for 2014.
The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1,000 or more, as of 22 June 2015.
Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation | Amount of Outstanding Fines (excluding congestion charge) £ |
|---|---|
High Commission for the Federal Republic of Nigeria | 49,235 |
High Commission for the Republic of Zambia | 42,520 |
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | 25,990 |
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates | 16,520 |
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt | 9,650 |
Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan | 9,390 |
Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 9,165 |
Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan | 8,075 |
Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman | 7,940 |
Embassy of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire | 7,645 |
Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan | 7,600 |
Embassy of the State of Qatar | 5,260 |
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia | 5,135 |
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | 5,115 |
Embassy of France | 4,985 |
High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 4,975 |
Embassy of the State of Libya | 4,795 |
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq | 4,590 |
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,860 |
Embassy of Georgia | 3,815 |
Embassy of the Republic of Angola | 3,670 |
Embassy of Tunisia | 3,305 |
Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea | 3,020 |
Sierra Leone High Commission | 2,985 |
Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan | 2,695 |
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | 2,680 |
Embassy of the Gabonese Republic | 2,670 |
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea | 2,530 |
Kenya High Commission | 2,505 |
Office of the High Commissioner for Ghana | 2,485 |
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen | 2,460 |
Malaysian High Commission | 2,360 |
Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria | 2,080 |
Embassy of Greece | 1,880 |
South African High Commission | 1,825 |
High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania | 1,815 |
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria | 1,635 |
Embassy of Brazil | 1,600 |
Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan | 1,530 |
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China | 1,410 |
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco | 1,330 |
Embassy of the Russian Federation | 1,330 |
Brunei Darussalam High Commission | 1,315 |
Embassy of Romania | 1,310 |
Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 1,295 |
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | 1,270 |
Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | 1,235 |
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia | 1,085 |
Figures for previous years are available in the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ written statement to the House on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 51WS.
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