Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom with Unpaid Parking Fines over £1,000: 2013
Mark Simmonds updated Parliament on unpaid parking fines incurred by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Simmonds):
In 2013, 5662 unpaid parking fines incurred by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom were brought to our attention by councils. These totalled £541,599.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has held face-to-face 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 £197,423. There remains a total of £344,176 in unpaid fines for 2013.
The table below details those Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1000 or more, as of 27 June 2014.
| Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation | Amount of Outstanding Fines (excluding congestion charge) £ |
| High Commission for the Federal Republic of Nigeria | 74,557 |
| Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | 30,690 |
| High Commission for the Republic of Zambia | 22,700 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire | 14,115 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan | 13,375 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Liberia | 11,180 |
| Malaysian High Commission | 10,370 |
| Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 10,320 |
| Embassy of the State of Qatar | 10,115 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Iraq | 9,150 |
| Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman | 7,095 |
| Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan | 7,050 |
| Embassy of France | 6,130 |
| Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | 5,485 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan | 5,370 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea | 4,800 |
| Sierra Leone High Commission | 4,525 |
| High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 4,415 |
| Office of the High Commissioner for Ghana | 4,08 |
| Embassy of Greece | 3,510 |
| Embassy of Tunisia | 3,405 |
| Kenya High Commission | 3,392 |
| Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt | 3,327 |
| Embassy of Georgia | 3,140 |
| Embassy of Romania | 2,975 |
| Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria | 2,835 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Angola | 2,820 |
| Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco | 2,745 |
| Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | 2,620 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan | 2,520 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria | 2,370 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Yemen | 2,190 |
| High Commission for the Republic of Mozambique | 2,155 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania | 2,095 |
| Office of the High Commissioner for India | 2,085 |
| Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | 2,037 |
| Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia | 2,030 |
| Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan | 1,665 |
| South African High Commission | 1,627 |
| High Commission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh | 1,547 |
| Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 1,470 |
| Embassy of the State of Libya | 1,450 |
| Embassy of the People’s Republic of China | 1,380 |
| Embassy of Ukraine | 1,365 |
| Embassy of Brazil | 1,250 |
| Embassy of the Russian Federation | 1,185 |
| Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,115 |
| Embassy of the United States of America | 1,075 |
| Embassy of Italy | 1,062 |
Figures for previous years are available in my written statement to the House on 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 32WS.
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