Diplomatic Service: Passports
(asked on 22nd October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the Consular premium on passports contributes to his Department's budget.
This question was answered on 2nd November 2020
I was pleased to meet with the Honourable Lady on 19th October to discuss the FCDO's consular work.
The FCDO receives 96% of the Consular premium on passports to fund its non fee bearing consular services.
The remaining 4% is added to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund (EDRF) and the FCDO is able to draw on the EDRF to fund its response to major crises on a cost recovery basis.