PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: Fees and Charges (21 February 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) amount accrued to the public purse from (i) fees and (ii) charges applied by the UK Visa Application Centre; and (b) date on which each category of (A) fees and (B) charges were introduced.

Asked by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour)

All visa and migration fees are paid directly by the applicant to the Home Office and not routed through UKVCAS. The amounts collected are published in the Home Office accounts. The amounts collected for 2018-19 are shown here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF at page 137.

The fees levels approved by Parliament are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data

However, customers using UKVCAS may elect to pay for additional premium services over and above the visa/migration fee. These premium charges are retained by the commercial operator of UKVCAS. Details of the additional, optional services can be found here at: http://www.ukvcas.co.uk/additional-services.

Information on the UKVCAS contract is published here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec5031ea-021e-471a-86cf-af540e8d8efa?p=@xUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=UFQ. However, the commencement of service and premium charge price change dates are not disclosed separately.

Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
11 March 2020