§ Mr. BatisteTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made in respect of the feasibility studies for the introduction of a nationwide identity card scheme. [11464]
§ Mr. SackvilleWe received over 3,000 replies to the Green Paper on identity cards (CM 2879) and have placed in the Library a copy of the Home Office memorandum of evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on identity cards which contains a summary of the responses.
The Government have yet to reach a final decision on whether an identity card should be introduced and, if so, what type of card scheme to propose but all of the options set out in the Green Paper remain open.