New reduced price for passports

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The price of a standard passport will be reduced by £5 from this autumn, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced on 11 July 2012.

The price of a standard passport will be reduced by £5 from this autumn, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced.

From 3 September 2012, the standard adult passport fee will be reduced by almost seven per cent from £77.50 to £72.50.

The reduction has been delivered after a restructuring programme within the Identity and Passport Service, which has delivered savings of £40million in the last financial year. The standard adult passport fee will remain at £72.50 for at least the next two years.

Value for money

Damian Green said: 'The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has worked hard to provide value for money in the vital service it provides, and it is right that these savings are passed on to customers and fee payers.

'Not only has IPS made the efficiency savings to make this possible, but it has done so whilst continuing to provide a very high standard of service to customers.

'The fact that IPS is able to deliver this price reduction is testament to the hard work of staff to deliver excellent customer service in ever more efficient ways.'

IPS Chief Executive Sarah Rapson said: 'The UK passport remains one of the most trusted and secure documents of its kind in the world.

'I am very pleased that we are able to provide it in ever more efficient ways, whilst maintaining our high standard of service and rigorous security checks.

I am proud of the way that IPS has risen to the challenge of providing even more value for money in these tough times.'

Further information

More information, please visit the Home Office website

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That is a very misleading article. The IPS issued my passport last year (fm Hong Kong) and it was more like 140 GBP than 77.50 as they are quoting.

If the price is the issue price from the UK then that should be stated. It would be nice to see what price they will cost if applied for from Thailand. No wonder they were making profit!

Not complaining, but show the proper facts.

I just checked online and found that the cost of a 48 page passport is actually 154 pounds and then another 20 pounds to cover postage. What a strange 2 tiered pricing system they have in Thail.......err I mean in England

JAF

Not Thai-related, but will leave this visible for general information.

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