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Passport renewal costs almost £80-00! Any idea why it's so expensive?

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I can't understand from an admin perspective how this cost can be justified.

 

Any thoughts?

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I can't understand from an admin perspective how this cost can be justified.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

 

I paid £130 for mine to be fast tracked.

 

I didn't fancy my chances with the post with a passport for the £70

 

Yes its a rip off, but I guess Mr Brown needs all the tax revenue he can find right now

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Going on holiday in May.

 

First passport for kids (3) + wife's renewal......£220!

 

Flight were only £200!

 

Thats reminded me to get the forms off this week (after I've located their birth certificates).

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£8 per year. The printing and production costs would be relatively quite high for such a small document - special paper, watermarks, and now that microchip (although the high print run would bring unit costs down). So, dunno.

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Becuase they rob us for anything and everything in the UK. I tried to find out how much it was in other countries as a comparison but did not get very far!

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£80 for a passport is not that bad, especially if you know exactly how much a passport costs to produce.

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£80 for a passport is not that bad, especially if you know exactly how much a passport costs to produce.

 

How much does it cost to produce?

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How much does it cost to produce?

 

Excluding admin fees then I would say in the region of £50.

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Nowhere near.

 

The actual production cost of the booklet is reported as £12.25.

 

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/files/ips/live/assets/documents/9161_response.pdf

 

Someone was being economical with the truth. Although, anti fraud cost could be also put under the production costs given that most are placed on the passport within it's production.

 

Anyhow, thanks for the link. Still, I go by initial comment, that £80 is not bad when you consider all the other costs and the fact the passport is live for a decade.

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I'm not too fussed about having a passport anyway. I don't like beach holidays or hot weather and my work doesn't involve going overseas so I have no real use for one.

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