People who are planning to go on holiday this year may want to check their passports now, with some at risk of being hit with a £239.50 fee.

The price of a new or replacement passport is set to rise next month, and everyone in the UK needs a passport for overseas travel. According to Gov.uk, you can apply for a British passport if you're a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British overseas citizen, a British subject, a British national (overseas), or a British protected person. HM Passport Office issues these documents, which currently take around three weeks or less to be delivered.

If your passport is damaged, or has expired, you will need to order a replacement one in order to travel overseas. Most people will need to pay a fee to renew an existing passport or to obtain a new one, including those for children.

At present, a standard adult passport, for those aged 16 and over, costs £94.50 when applying online, or £107 when applying via the paper form - but these charges are set to climb to £102 and £115.50, respectively.

Additional price hikes that will come into force on April 8 include the charge for a standard child's passport increasing from £61.50 to £66.50, or from £74 to £80 for a postal application. If you need a new passport quickly, you can currently use the Premium Service (for a passport within one day) for £222.

However, from April 8 this cost will jump up to £239.50. For those applying for a UK passport from overseas, the cost will increase by £8.50 - from £108 to £116.50 - for adults, and by £5.50 - from £70 to £75.50 for a child's passport.

The cost of overseas standard paper applications will also go up from £120.50 to £130 for adults and £82.50 to £89 for children. While the majority of folks will have to pay for their passports, there are a select few who can get one for free.

If your birth date falls on or before September 2, 1929, you're eligible to apply for a new British passport or renew your existing one without spending a penny. You can also take advantage of the Post Office Check and Send service at no charge and benefit from free secure delivery.