House of Commons · Written Ministerial Statement
Debts owed by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom: 2024-25
19 November 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Proposed by Chris Elmore Lab Bridgend
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At a glance
Key points
- The statement addresses outstanding debts owed by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the UK.
- FCDO officials have been pressing diplomatic missions to pay their outstanding debts since April 2025.
- The government has published a list of organisations owing over 10,000 in NNDR and other charges as of June 2025.
Issue summary
The statement addresses the outstanding debts owed by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the UK, including National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR), parking fines, and London Congestion Charge.
Action requested
FCDO officials have been pressing diplomatic missions to pay their outstanding debts since April 2025. The government has published a list of organizations owing over £10,000 in NNDR and other charges as of June 2025, and continues to remind missions to settle their parking fines and congestion charge arrears.
Key facts
- As at 30 June 2025, the total amount owed for NNDR invoices issued up to 31 March 2025 is £4,458,866.
- The outstanding PCNs notified to FCDO by local authorities as of 30 May 2025 totalled £1,358,383.
- As at 30 September 2025, the value of unpaid Congestion Charge debt incurred since February 2003 was £164,621,750.
- The FCDO considers diplomatic missions and international organisations liable for parking fines and London Congestion Charge payments without exemptions.