Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average unit cost of processing a passport was in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

All information covering HM Passport Office costs up to financial year 2020/21 are included within the Home Office published Annual Report and Accounts which are available via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021

Data for financial year 2021/22 is due to be published ahead of summer recess.