Written question asked by Dominic Grieve (Conservative) on Monday, 10 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2008. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Passports: Costs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of (a) issuing and (b) producing passports in each of the last eight years has been; and what estimate has been made of the cost of (i) issuing and (ii) producing passports for each of the next eight years.