The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The number of outstanding fines incurred by the diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom for non-payment of the London congestion charge since its introduction in February 2003 until 18 February 2009 was £26,721,464. The table below shows the 53 diplomatic missions with outstanding fines totalling £100,000 or more.
Country
Number of fines
Total outstanding (£)
USA
27,368
2,960,760
Russia
20,327
2,269,440
Japan
19,007
2,090,880
Germany
17,370
1,929,490
Nigeria
14,270
1,520,170
Sudan
9,750
1,016,920
India
7,061
801,940
Poland
6,222
699,000
Kenya
6,429
673,990
Ghana
5,664
631,040
Tanzania
5,764
602,320
France
5,397
593,620
Spain
5,098
578,360
Greece
4,931
556,260
Ukraine
4,904
549,840
South Africa
5,053
527,800
Romania
4,659
520,960
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Algeria
4,393
466,760
Sierra Leone
4,295
444,380
Bulgaria
3,002
327,940
Kazakhstan
2,710
307,040
Korea
2,611
303,000
Hungary
2,666
297,100
Slovakia
2,556
286,140
Yemen
2,515
279,000
Belarus
2,454
273,720
Zambia
2,526
272,660
Zimbabwe
2,534
259,400
Cameroon
2,348
252,140
Cyprus
2,110
238,780
Ethiopia
2,217
235,320
Namibia
1,944
202,680
Swaziland
1,947
201,860
Mauritius
1,838
200,760
Czech Republic
1,700
187,580
Equatorial Guinea
1,731
186,720
Pakistan
1,490
175,250
Mozambique
1,610
171,180
Lesotho
1,545
163,280
Austria
1,338
151,160
Belgium
1,268
143,360
Egypt
1,442
137,400
Cote d'Ivoire
1,309
134,680
Malawi
1,237
128,780
Vietnam
1,161
125,780
Malta
1,103
122,580
Guinea
1,186
121,180
Botswana
1,076
118,380
Denmark
1,002
115,220
Jamaica
1,017
111,620
Uganda
1,023
110,780
Saudi Arabia
1,029
103,430
DPK Korea
981
101,700
Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations: Unpaid Traffic Fines
Statement
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
In 2008, there were 4,257 recorded outstanding parking and other minor traffic violation fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom. These totalled £448,580. In March this year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to all 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. As a result of subsequent payments totalling
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£18,620 and formal appeals lodged, there remains a total of 4,021 (£429,960) unpaid fines for 2008. The table below details those diplomatic missions and international organisations that have outstanding fines totalling £1,000 or more.
Diplomatic Mission/International Organisation
Number of Outstanding Fines (excluding congestion charge)
