Driving Licences and Passports: Income

(asked on 28th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been collected from the ordering of new (a) passports and (b) driving licences in each of the last three financial years.


Answered by
Gareth Davies Portrait
Gareth Davies
Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury)
This question was answered on 4th December 2023

In each of the last three financial years the income collected from the ordering of new driving licenses is:

- 2020/21 - £86.3m

- 2021/22 - £117.8m

- 2022/23 - £123.5m

The income collected from new passports is published in Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts. Data for the specified years is available through the following links.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/650879614cd3c3001468cc2e/Home_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_22-23.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090460/Home_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf

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