Passports
(asked on 26th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of costs incurred in printing, distributing, and administering UK passports.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 5th April 2018
The current cost of printing and delivering a UK passport is considered commercially sensitive to both the suppliers and the Home Office.
However, the costs incurred by Her Majesty’s Passport Office are included within the Home Office’s published Annual Report and Accounts. The latest Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, can be found at the following link and see also attached for your reference. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017