Written questions

Passports: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 73383 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing schemes that that would reduce the cost of replacement passports to those in receipt of (a) state and (b) other pen

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 16 Sep 2025

All income from passport fees is used to meet the cost of processing passport applications and delivering associated services, and any reduction in fees would need to be considered in terms of its impact on the funding of those services.