Question follow-through · 40123

Passports: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether His Majesty's Passport Office has considered introducing an option for payment for passports in instalments over 10 years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
25 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether His Majesty's Passport Office has considered introducing an option for payment for passports in instalments over 10 years.

  2. 25 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    An instalments approach would place a considerable administrative burden on HM Passport Office to seek payment when they are due and take action where payment is not made.Where a fee is required, the full payment must accompany the application.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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