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Debts owed by Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations in the United Kingdom: 2024-25
19 November 2025
Type
Written Ministerial Statement
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
At a Glance
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.
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