Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget for the Passport Office (a) was in financial year 2021-22 and (b) is in financial year 2022-23.

The annual budget of the Passport Office is published every year as part of Customer Services Capability within the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.

For financial year 2021-22, refer to pages 128-129, published as part of the Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply (SOPS), in the 2021-22 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See:

Home_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

With regards to the 2022-23 budget, you can find the information required in the published Main Supply Estimates. Refer to page 84 (page 87 on the PDF reader). See:

Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23 – Main Supply Estimates (publishing.service.gov.uk)