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Congestion charge debt owed by embassies

Request ID: FOI-2154-1718
Date published: 18 January 2018

You asked

I am interested in an academic study of the resistance of the embassies in London to the Congestion charge. I was advised to contact you for information about outstanding congestion charge debt owed by embassies. I would like to run a statistical test. However, to do this we will require the figures for each year. I would be very grateful if you could also send the same information, but for each year between 2003 and 2017.

We answered

TfL Ref: 2154-1718

Thank you for your email received by us on 31 October 2017 asking for information about embassies unpaid Congestion Charge fees for each year between 2003 and 2017.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require.

We and the UK Government are clear that the Congestion Charge is a charge for a service and not a tax. This means that diplomats are not exempt from paying it. Around three quarters of embassies in London do pay the charge, but there remains a stubborn minority who refuse to do so, despite our representations through diplomatic channels. We will continue to pursue all unpaid Congestion Charge fees and related penalty charge notices and are pushing for the matter to be taken up at the International Court of Justice.

Please find attached the requested data.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Yours sincerely

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London

 

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