Written Ministerial Statement on diplomatic missions and international organisations in the UK with unpaid congestion charge bills and fines: 2014
Philip Hammond reports to the House on diplomatic missions and international organisations with unpaid congestion charge bills and fines
The value of unpaid Congestion Charge debt incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in London since its introduction in February 2003 until 31 December 2014 as advised by Transport for London was £87,440,287. The table below shows those diplomatic missions and international organisations with outstanding fines of £100,000 or more.
COUNTRY | NUMBER OF FINES | TOTAL OUTSTANDING |
Embassy of the United States of America | 80,174 | £9,441,370 |
Embassy of Japan | 54,158 | £6,374,505 |
High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria | 45,511 | £5,339,020 |
Embassy of the Russian Federation | 45,650 | £5,323,900 |
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | 34,976 | £4,052,895 |
Office of the High Commissioner for India | 32,503 | £3,908,465 |
Embassy of the Republic of Poland | 26,365 | £3,152,000 |
Office of the High Commissioner for Ghana | 23,979 | £2,861,855 |
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan | 22,297 | £2,549,135 |
Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan | 18,831 | £2,273,760 |
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China | 17,523 | £2,176,310 |
Kenya High Commission | 17,950 | £2,076,095 |
Embassy of France | 15,416 | £1,811,555 |
Embassy of Spain | 14,504 | £1,715,385 |
High Commission for the United Republic of Tanzania | 13,577 | £1,556,810 |
High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan | 12,184 | £1, 478,620 |
Embassy of the Republic of Korea | 11,960 | £1,442,550 |
Embassy of Romania | 12,153 | £1,426,000 |
Embassy of Greece | 11,420 | £1,344,692 |
Embassy of Ukraine | 11,268 | £1,315,970 |
Embassy of the Republic of Cuba | 10,235 | £1,231,480 |
South African High Commission | 10,567 | £1,217,005 |
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria | 10,414 | £1,205,110 |
Sierra Leone High Commission | 10,050 | £1,149,975 |
Embassy of Hungary | 8,032 | £949,185 |
High Commission for the Republic of Cyprus | 7,902 | £941,595 |
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen | 6,558 | £770,245 |
High Commission for the Republic of Zambia | 6,593 | £766,770 |
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria | 6,386 | £735,810 |
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus | 5,452 | £635,960 |
Embassy of the Slovak Republic | 5,296 | £616,425 |
High Commission for the Republic of Cameroon | 5,216 | £600,685 |
High Commission of the Republic of Malawi | 4,737 | £555,170 |
Botswana High Commission | 4,566 | £543,940 |
Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 4,537 | £518,185 |
High Commission for the Republic of Namibia | 4,515 | £516,455 |
Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe | 4,520 | £500,810 |
Kingdom of Swaziland High Commission | 4,347 | £494,500 |
High Commission for the Republic of Mozambique | 4,255 | £494,410 |
Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea | 3,877 | £446,685 |
Embassy of Austria | 3,748 | £443,920 |
Embassy of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire | 3,721 | £431,350 |
Mauritius High Commission | 3,688 | £425,875 |
Malta High Commission | 3,486 | £ 412,810 |
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania | 3,266 | £395,315 |
High Commission of the Kingdom of Lesotho | 3,415 | £392,140 |
Embassy of the Czech Republic | 3,383 | £390,080 |
Uganda High Commission | 3,278 | £385,910 |
Embassy of Belgium | 3,200 | £378,200 |
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | 2,955 | £351,545 |
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia | 2,934 | £350,235 |
Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam | 2,953 | £344,110 |
Royal Danish Embassy | 2,756 | £327,040 |
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey | 2,466 | £292,380 |
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea | 2,573 | £291,140 |
Jamaican High Commission | 2,429 | £284,320 |
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,280 | £279,110 |
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia | 1,995 | £238,630 |
Embassy of Portugal | 1,950 | £236,460 |
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt | 2,244 | £235,575 |
Embassy of Finland | 1,921 | £227,680 |
Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 1,979 | £227,680 |
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia | 1,731 | £211,670 |
Embassy of Luxembourg | 1,731 | £205,500 |
Embassy of Tunisia | 1,594 | £193,710 |
High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 1,560 | £193,530 |
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco | 1,477 | £185,075 |
High Commission for Antigua & Barbuda | 1,573 | £184,840 |
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | 1,689 | £183,310 |
Embassy of the Republic of Iraq | 1,192 | £149,180 |
Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan | 1,126 | £143,855 |
Embassy of Estonia | 1,164 | £141,615 |
Embassy of the Dominican Republic | 1,081 | £127,840 |
Figures for previous years are available in the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs’ written statement to the House on 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 53WS.