The price of a new passport will rise in April as Home Office confims new fees

The government is set to raise the cost of passport fees by more than 7 per cent next month.

The Home Office announced that the cost of online applications from within the UK for those aged 16 or over will rise from £82.50 to £88.50. Meanwhile, passports for children under the age of 16 will go up from £53.50 to £57.50.

Standard paper applications when someone applies from overseas will also increase to £112.50 for adults and £77 for children. The changes are set to be implemented from April 11.

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The Home Office said in a statement: “The new fees will help ensure that income from these applications better meets the cost of delivering passport and associated operations, reducing reliance on funding from general taxation. The Government does not make any profit from the cost of passport applications.

“The fees contribute to the cost of processing passport applications, consular support overseas including for lost or stolen passports, and the cost of processing British citizens at UK borders. The increase will also help enable the Government to continue improving its services.”

It comes after passport fees already faced a rise of roughly 9 per cent in February last year.