§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances the police could use the National Identity Register to establish an individual's identity without their consent. [170259]
§ Mr. BrowneThe draft Identity Cards Bill published on 26 April provides that disclosure from the National Identity Register may be made to the police where it is in the interests of national security or for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime or for other purposes specified by order made by the Secretary of State.
Disclosure of an audit trail of when an individual's entry in the National Identity Register has been checked could be authorised for purposes only connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime. Disclosure of information to Scottish police forces is not permitted in connection with crimes which are within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.