Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 September 2023 on Debts owed by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the UK: 2022, for what reason he is unable to provide the amount of debt owed for (a) national non-domestic rates and (b) parking fines as of 31 December 2022, and on what date his Department plans to release those figures.

Details of outstanding debts and fines owed by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the UK for National Non-Domestic Rates and parking fines has been delayed owing to the impact of Coronavirus restrictions on the work of the Valuation Office Agency and Local Authorities in gathering accurate and complete debt data. The intention is to collate and verify this information for release in mid-2024, prior to the Parliamentary summer recess, and thereafter return to releasing this information on an annual basis along with details of London Congestion Charge debt.