Samurai Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 The estimated cost of buying a new national ID card has risen again to £93.Home Office documents confirmed the previous best guess of £88 had not included VAT and other extras.As the Identity Card Bill was re-published after it fell at the end of the last Parliament, the average annual cost to the nation for issuing the controversial cards alongside passports was put at £584 million.The £93 charge would eventually be imposed on every British adult for their passport and a new "biometric" identity card, carrying details such as fingerprints.During Prime Minister's Questions, Tony Blair told MPs that identity fraud cost Britain "billions" every year.He said the Conservative leader Michael Howard had previously backed the introduction of ID cards and urged him to vote for the new plans.Previously, the Tories have said they would join the Lib Dems in opposing ID cards until the Government had proved "conclusively" that they were needed.Liberty's Shami Chakrabarti said the bill was "re-hashed" and urged MPs to reject it again because it was not a "rational" policy.What I'm trying to understand is, why do WE have to pay for it??Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 IDs are like $10 here, but they don't have all that useless biometric crap. why exactly do you need all that any ways? ;)btw, you'd pay for it either way. either you'd pay for it up front, or pay for it taxes. so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 ID CARDS COULD COST £300It could cost up to £300 per person to buy new ID cards, according to a study - three times the Government's estimate of around £93The study by the London School of Economics claims the cards could cost Britain up to £18bn over the next decade.At present, the Home Office predicts the total cost of running the scheme, in conjunction with a new biometric passport system, over the next 10 years will come to £5.8bn.Because the Treasury insists the scheme must be self-financing, holders are expected to be required to pay for their card.But a draft of the LSE analysis, obtained by The Observer, suggests that the actual cost of implementing the scheme could be between £12bn and £18bn.The LSE report suggests that the Government has under-estimated the cost of the technology needed to run the system, in which cards are intended to carry "biometric" details of individuals' identity, such as their fingerprint, iris patterns or facial features.Rather than the Home Office estimate of £250-£750 for each of the biometric card scanners, "a more likely figure would be in the region of £3,000 to £4,000 per unit", the report claims.And it suggests that cards may have to be renewed at least every five years, rather than the 10-year period the Government expects."All technical and scientific literature indicates that biometric certainty diminishes over time, and it is therefore likely that a biometric - particularly fingerprints and facial features - will have to be re-scanned at least every five years," said the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted May 30, 2005 Administrator Share Posted May 30, 2005 Screw that!£300 for some POS?!?!?!?!I don't think so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 what then, go to jail for not having an ID? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted May 30, 2005 Administrator Share Posted May 30, 2005 Naaa... the government will scrap the idea ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoLFaN Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 yea, seriously, that has got to be one of the dumbest things EVER, lolBTW, they're still called Torries?Cool Beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted June 8, 2005 Administrator Share Posted June 8, 2005 Naa torries refers to "The Conservative" party. They are not in charge atm.Labour is currently in power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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