Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for reimbursement were received by HM Passport Office in 2022; and how much was paid out in (a) December 2022 and (b) 2022.

His Majesty’s Passport Office will reimburse its customers for a variety of reasons.

Reimbursements may be made automatically, or on consideration of a customer’s request. Data about the number of reimbursements requested is not held in a reportable format.

For the calendar year 2022 there were 80,392 reimbursements made totalling £4,327,307.76.

For the period 1 December 2022 to 31 December 2022 there were 5,726 reimbursements made, totalling £413,313.34.