Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what surplus was generated by HM Passport Agency between April 2014 and April 2015.

In the financial year 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015, HM Passport Office generated an unplanned surplus of £59.075 million due to passport demand being significantly higher than forecast for the year. This figure is published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15, and can be found at line G of the table on page 93 of the publication.

A copy of the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 is available in the Vote office of the House of Commons, and also on gov.uk website here: https://www.gov.uk/mwg internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=sBy1t6XS5Z1jNsMdhX20ktLGye4ndTbGKe5Pjr5O12o,&dl