Passports: Fees and Charges
(asked on 14th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much passport fee income has been received each month since January 2021; and how this income has been spent.
Passport fees are set in line with HM Treasury guidance Managing Public Money to only recover the costs associated with British passport services as provided by for the Immigration Act 2016. This includes costs relating to the processing of passport applications, overseas consular protection, and for processing British nationals at UK borders.
The table below provides a monthly breakdown of the income received from January 2021.
Month | Income |
Jan-21 | £29,780,000 |
Feb-21 | £21,580,000 |
Mar-21 | £33,980,000 |
Apr-21 | £28,510,000 |
May-21 | £29.580,000 |
Jun-21 | £36,930,000 |
Jul-21 | £25,350,000 |
Aug-21 | £28,810,000 |
Sep-21 | £37,480,000 |
Oct-21 | £38,320,000 |
Nov-21 | £44,580,000 |
Dec-21 | £36,670,000 |
Jan-22 | £33,280,000 |
Feb-22 | £56,480,000 |
Mar-22 | £74,320,000 |
Apr-22 | £76,130,000 |
May-22 | £74,740,000 |
Jun-22 | £69,690,000 |
Jul-22 | £53,660,000 |
Aug-22 | £52,140,000 |
Sep-22 | £46,600,000 |
Oct-22 | £43,140,000 |
Nov-22 | £40,100,000 |